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THE external parts of the male genitalia of Apis species are poorly developed, and an elaborate structural modification of the internal walls of the ædeagus is everted during copulation. Hitherto undescribed except for A. mellifera, this apparatus has now been examined in specimens of the other three species from Ceylon kindly obtained by Dr. B. A. Baptist and Mr. L. A. S. Perera.
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SIMPSON, J. Male Genitalia of Apis Species. Nature 185, 56 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185056a0
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