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A new African Louse (Polyplax Calva n. sp.) from Cricetomys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

James Waterston
James Waterston
Affiliation:
Imperial Bureau of Entomology, London.
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♂ ♀. Head (Fig. 2, A and B) long with well-marked postero-lateral angles, and distinctly angled posteriorly; bare above, behind the pre-antennal suture, except for two postero-lateral spines (1, 1). Antennae similar, the first joint of the ♂ larger and broader. Tergites and sternites indistinctly developed, consisting of small discontinuous chitinous areas at the base of the bristle; pleurties reduced, projecting shortly above and below in minutely denticulate or frayed points.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , February 1917 , pp. 199 - 202
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1917

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