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Morphology, ultrastructure and physiology

Cuticular and sensory structures on the copulatory apparatus of Rhithrogena semicolorata (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)

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Pages 507-513 | Received 21 Oct 2008, Accepted 11 Nov 2008, Published online: 24 Nov 2009

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