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Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

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Left: Ventral view of Beorn leggi photographed with transmitted light under compound microscope (A), with autofluorescence under confocal microscop (B), and schematic drawing; Right: Habitus of Aerobius dactylus ventral (A,D) and dorsal view (E,F) photographed using confocal microscope and compound microscope. Schematic drawing (C), specimen and claws viewed in inverted greyscale to highlight autofluorescence intensity (D,F)

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Marc Mapalo

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