01434nas a2200145   4500008004100000245009700041210006900138260000900207300001400216490000700230520092200237100002701159700003101186856007101217       2009                        eng d00aScanning electron microscopy of legs of two species of sucking lice (Anoplura: Phthiraptera)0 aScanning electron microscopy of legs of two species of sucking l  c2009  a401 - 4080 v403 a<p>Pretarsal, tarsal and tibial structures of the forelegs, midlegs and hindlegs of Pediculus humanus of humans and of Haematopinus apri Goureau, 1866 (Phthiraptera), a parasite of feral hogs, were studied using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Details of the tibial thumb-like process (tl) with the spine of the thumb (spn), tarsal apophysis (ta) and the coupled finger-like process (cfl) can be observed in the leg photomicrograph of both species. A frontal view of the leg in open position shows the articulation of the claw: the structures of an open-closed system, a tooth row (te), rack-system (rs) and two telescopic columns (tc) which are present near the base of the claw in both species. In H. apri, we observed a pad-like structure, the flap-like tibial lobe (fl) on the ventral surface on the tarsus, the euplantulae, with several sensilla basiconica, which is present in each leg.</p>
1 aSoler-Cruz, María, D.1 aMartín-Mateo, María, Paz  uhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968432808002151