Ultrastructure of male genital system and spermatozoa of a Mexican camel-spider of the Eremobates pallipes species group (Arachnida, Solifugae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 613-621

  Klann, Anja E ^a   Peretti, Alfredo V ^b   Alberti, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Genital system; Solifugae; Sperm cell; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AMMOTRECHIDAE; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; EREMOBATES; KARSCHIIDAE; SOLIFUGAE;

EID: 30344451946     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/04-111.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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