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LOSS OF HEMISPERMATOPHORES AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF TITYUS BAHIENSIS (PERTY, 1834) (SCORPIONES, BUTHIDAE)

In: Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution
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F.A. MATTHIESEN Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, UNESP

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Male scorpions (Tityus bahiensis) that have been deprived of their hemispermatophores and hemispermatophore sheaths retain their ability to court females despite their inability to mate successfully. Although hemispermatophores usually regenerate rapidly in nature, no such regeneration occurred after experimental amputation.

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