Vagina of Lipeurus lawrensis tropicalis, an ischnoceran Phthiraptera

Agarwal, G.P.; Saxena, A.K.

Angewandte Parasitologie 23(2): 92-97

1982


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3162
PMID: 7125289
Document Number: 193850
The vagina in the poultry louse, L. laurensis tropicalis Peters, is a simple cup-shaped structure but is complex in its internal organization. It is divisible into anterior, central and posterior part. The anterior tubular part is deeply sunk into the posterior cup-shaped one due to the invagination of the central part. The space thus formed probably serves as sperm storage, as the spermatheca is absent.

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