The presence of additional abdominal legs in Acerentomon gallicum Ionesco, 1933 (Protura, Acerentomidae) ? a teratological case

• Authors: A. Szeptycki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A teratological specimen of Acerentomon gallicum Ionesco, 1933 having additional rudiments of abdominal appendages on segments IV and V is described. The hypothesis concerning the origin of seta P3 in the sternal chaetotaxy is discussed.

Keywords

EN

ACERENTOMIDAE; PROTURA; TERATOLOGY

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia Biologica
• Year: 2000
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 65-66

Contributors

author

A. Szeptycki

• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: A. Szeptycki, Department of Invertebrates, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, 31-016 Krakow, Poland, e-mail: [e-mail]