The giant and complex genital plug of the asper group of Bothriurus (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae): Morphology and comparison with other genital plugs in scorpions

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Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Mattoni, Camilo I ^a   Peretti, Alfredo V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Basal lobes; Sperm competition; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

BOTHRIURIDAE; SCORPIONES; URODACIDAE; VAEJOVIDAE;

EID: 11044223503     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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