Figure 7

Pediculus humanus A. dorsal view of left antenna. a, peg organs with rounded tips, b, peg organs with sharp tips; c, tuft organs; d, tactile hairs; e, scolopidial organs.

B, detail of tactile hair, f, trichogen cell, tormogen cell; h, sense cell.

C, detail of tuft organ.

D, detail of peg organs. i, sense cells; k, nerve.

(Wigglesworth, 1941.)



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