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FIGURE 4 in The Fixator-A simple method for mounting of arthropod specimens and photography of complex structures in liquid

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FIGURE 4. Lateral fixation of a male spider wasp for genitalia dissection (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Agenioides usurarius). Use a pair of sharp Dumont 5 forceps to apply pressure and draw out the genitalia capsule and subgenital plate. A. Overview of the specimen mounted in the Fixator. The specimen is placed on a serrated plastic plate on plastazote; B. Genitalia in the natural position; C. Partly removed genitalia capsule; D. Fully removed genitalia capsule (a) and subgenital plate (b); black arrows indicate the genitalia. Scale bars 1mm.

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Published as part of Wanke, Dominic, Bigalk, Sonia, Krogmann, Lars, Wendt, Ingo & Rajaei, Hossein, 2019, The Fixator-A simple method for mounting of arthropod specimens and photography of complex structures in liquid, pp. 385-391 in Zootaxa 4657 (2) on page 389, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/3773679

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