ID#: 5104
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This illustration depicts a left lateral view of a typical flea, highlighting morphologic characteristics displayed on the organism’s thoracic exoskeleton. Identifying features on thoracic exterior include a pronotal comb, an internal thickening of the mesopleuron, spinelets on the metanotum, bristles or spinelets on the 1st segment, known as the coxae, of the legs, and the plantar bristles on the last segment of the leg.
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Content Provider(s): CDC
Creation Date: 1976
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