| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1971 |
| Authors: | F. H. Miller, Jr. |
| Journal: | Journal of the New York Entomological Society |
| Volume: | 77 |
| Pagination: | 85 - 89 |
| Date Published: | 1971 |
| Abstract: | Scanning electron microscopy reveals two tuft organs each with an average of six hairs in Pediculus humanus Linn. Similarly located tufts of Phthirus pubis (Linn.) average nine hairs. Two pore organs on the fifth antennal segments of both these lice are also described. |
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