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Abstract
The egg chorion of the greater coucal louse, Rallicola unguiculatus bears hexagonal ridges. The hat shaped opercular disc also shows hexagonal marks. Twenty to twenty-three button shaped micropyles occur along the opercular rim. The stigma remained obscured under the cementing material.Entities:
Keywords: Biting lice; Egg shell morphology; Mallophaga; Phthiraptera
Year: 2016 PMID: 28615879 PMCID: PMC5447628 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-016-0851-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Parasit Dis ISSN: 0971-7196