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A comparative study of the male external genitalia of two species of Zelurus Hahn, 1826

In order to establish new taxonomic characters for the genus Zelurus a detailed comparative study of the male external genitalia was performed in Z. circumcinctus and Z. lepeletierianus. The most representative phallic structures were: the pygophore process, the parameres, the phallosoma and its struts and the endosoma process 2.

morphology; male external genitalia; Zelurus sp.


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