Microtopography of the eggshell of Menacanthus eurysternus (Phthiraptera: Amblycera)
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The egg laying sites, pattern and the egg morphology (SEM) of an amblyceran louse parasitizing Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) have been recorded. Unlike most of the species of the genus, Menacanthus studied so far, the eggshell of M. eurysternus lacks the apophyses (bristle like outgrowths arising from anterior portion of the eggshell). However, the opercular disc of M. eurysternus bears a polar thread and the micropyles are set along the opercular rim.
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Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Egg morphology
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Beg, S., Singh, S. K., Kumar, S., Gupta, N. and Saxena, A. K. (2004). Nature of the eggshell of phthirapteran ectoparasites infesting house crows. Rivista di Parassitolgia XXII (LXVI)-N 1: 41-49.
Bilinski, S. M. and Jankowska, W. (1987). Oogenesis in the bird louse (Eomenacanthus stramineus) (Insecta, Mallophaga). I. General description and structure of the egg capsule. Zoologische Jehruberg Anatomische, 116: 1-12.
Kumar, S., Gupta, N. and Saxena, A. K. (2007). Microtopography of the eggs of two poultry lice. Indian Veterinary Journal, 84: 578-580.
Saxena, A.K., Trivedi, M.C., Kumar, A. and Rawat, B.S. (1993). Egg morphology of three amblyceran poultry lice (Insects, Phthiraptera). Rudolstandt. Nat. Hist. Schr., 5:65-68.
Zawadzka, M., Jankowska, W. and Bilinski, S. M. (1997). Eggshells of mallophagans and anoplurans (Insecta: Phthiraptera): morphogenesis of specialized regions and the relation of F-actin cytoskeleton of follicular cells. Tissue and cell, 29: 665-673.
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Microtopography of the eggshell of Menacanthus eurysternus (Phthiraptera: Amblycera). (2010). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 2(1), 111-113. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v2i1.108
