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ID#:

9233

Caption:

Magnified 391X, this 2006 scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicted an enlarged dorsal view at the proximal end of the left foreleg of a male body louse, Pediculus humanus var. corporis. The entire leg is not visible, but what is visible, includes the coxa and the trochanter, or the first and second leg segments respectively. For a complete dorsal view of the louse’s leg, see PHIL# 9228. The leg is composed of six segments: coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, tarsus, and pretarsus, or claw. In the case of the louse, the leg segments are very stout, and end in claws, which are used to firmly grasp clothing, or a host’s hair shafts. Note how the exoskeletal covering appears to possess an added flexibility at the coxa-trochanteric joint.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Joseph Strycharz, Ph.D.; Kyong Sup Yoon, Ph.D.; Frank Collins, Ph.D.

Creation Date:

2006

Photo Credit:

Janice Haney Carr

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