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On the Walking of Arthropoda

Nature volume 47, pages 56–58 (1892)Cite this article

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IN a letter to NATURE, published January 8, 1891, I described the manner of walking of several insects. Recently I have been able to examine a greater number of Hexapoda, together with several Arachnida and Centipedes, and a few Crustacea. The results of most of these observations were communicated to the Royal Dublin Society a few weeks ago.

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DIXON, H. On the Walking of Arthropoda. Nature 47, 56–58 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/047056a0

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