Open AccessChaetotaxy of three nymphal instars of an ischnoceran louse, Aegypoecus perspicuus (Phthiraptera: Insecta)
Author(s) -
G. P. Agarwal,
Aftab Ahmad,
Gaurav Arya,
Renu Saxena,
Arjumand Nisar,
Amita Saxena
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied and natural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-5209
pISSN - 0974-9411
DOI - 10.31018/jans.v4i1.230
Subject(s) - chaetotaxy , instar , seta , thorax (insect anatomy) , biology , nymph , louse , anatomy , zoology , larva , ecology , genus
The present study on three nymphal instars of Aegypoecus perspicuus indicated that these differ from each other not only an size, abdominal segmentation, chitinization but also in the number of setae occurring on head, thorax and abdomen. The study also supplements informations regarding the morphological features and chaetotaxy of three nymphal instars of A. perspicuus, occurring on Neophron percnopterus. The diagnostic features of three nymphal instars have also been discussed.