Functional genital morphology of armored spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Tetrablemmidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1073-1094

  Burger, Matthias ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex genitalia; Fertilization; Haplogynae; Locking mechanism; Tetrablemmidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENITALIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPIDERS; UTERUS;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; HAPLOGYNAE; OONOPIDAE;

EID: 51549087119     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10640     Document Type: Article

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