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The structure of the cuticle in Eomenacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch), (Mallophaga)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. E. Webb
J. E. Webb
Affiliation:
The Cooper Technical Bureau, Berkhamsted, Herts
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In recent work on the deposition of the epicuticle, Wigglesworth (1946) has shown that, in Rhodnius prolixus, not only is the epicuticle a composite structure comprising several distinct layers, but that the pore canals, which hitherto have been believed to terminate at the base of the epicuticle, do in fact penetrate its innermost regions. Wigglesworth extends the term epicuticle to cover the four outer layers of the cuticle in Rhodnius. The innermost of the four is a cuticulin layer which is followed by a polyphenol layer, a wax layer and an outer cement layer respectively. The pore canals penetrate the cuticulin layer.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 38 , Issue 1-2 , January 1947 , pp. 70 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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