@article {16,
	title = {Scanning electron microscopy of legs of two species of sucking lice (Anoplura: Phthiraptera)},
	journal = {Micron},
	volume = {40},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009},
	pages = {401 - 408},
	abstract = {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.},
	author = {Soler-Cruz,Mar{\'\i}a D. and Mart{\'\i}n-Mateo,Mar{\'\i}a Paz}
}
