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Description of a New Genus and Species of Anoplura (Lemurphthirus galagus) from a Lemur

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

G. A. H. Bedford
Affiliation:
(Division of Veterinary Education and Research, Union of South Africa.)

Extract

Female characters. Head connected to the thorax by a V-shaped chitinised plate. Eyes absent. Antennae 5-jointed, the first segment strongly developed. Thorax long and narrow; metathorax distinct. Sternal plate present, long and narrow; metasternum with narrow transverse chitinised bar. Thoracic stigmata apparently absent. Fore pair of legs smaller than the mid and hind legs; mid and hind legs sub-equal, widely separated. Abdomen elongated and narrow, without sutures and tergal and sternal plates. Pleural plates present on the second abdominal segment only. Stigmata present on the third to eighth abdominal segments. Tergites and sternites each with a row of long hairs and short spines.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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