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I HAVE carried out detailed work on the external and internal anatomy of Hemimerus, and find that the semi-parasitic mode of life of the insect has modified various structures in its anatomy, but that it still retains many primitive features.
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DEORAS, P. Structure of Hemimerus deceptus Rehn, var. ovatus, and the Classification of Dermaptera. Nature 146, 201 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146201a0
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