What is the most accurate way to sex out Parabuthus villosus "oranje"?

xenesthis

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What is the most accurate way to sex out Parabuthus villosus "oranje"? Thanks.
 

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I found this

and that

 

Joey Spijkers

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In all Parabuthus species, the females have enlarged basal middle lamellae, which can be seen just below where the pectines are attached to the genital operculum. These are normally shaped in males, and stick out past the pectinal teeth in females.
 

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Yes, the picture quality is not very good, but the basal middle lamellae are not enlarged to stick out past the pectine teeth, and the pectines are angled to meet in the middle, which is another way to tell the sex in all Buthidae.
Both signs that this is a male.
 

xenesthis

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Yes, the picture quality is not very good, but the basal middle lamellae are not enlarged to stick out past the pectine teeth, and the pectines are angled to meet in the middle, which is another way to tell the sex in all Buthidae.
Both signs that this is a male.
Thanks!
 
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