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Sense organs on the antennal flagellum of the human louse, Pediculus humanus (Anoplura)
Author(s) -
Slifer Eleanor H.,
Sekhon Sant S.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1051640205
Subject(s) - chemoreceptor , biology , flagellum , anatomy , cuticle (hair) , tuft , bristle , appendage , receptor , physics , genetics , brush , electrical engineering , gene , engineering , thermodynamics
Tactile hairs are present on all three subsegments of the antennal flagellum of the human louse. There is, in addition, a single chemoreceptor (tuft organ) on subsegment 2 and 12 or 13 chemoreceptors (one tuft organ, two pore organs and nine or ten pegs) on subsegment 3. The cuticle surrounding the bases of the pegs at the tip of the antenna is unusual in that parts of it are perforated by many fine pores. This cuticle is underlain by a thin layer of dendrites. This region may also have a chemoreceptor function.