Abstract
Each immature instar of Caloglyphus boharti consists of an active and inactive stage. At the beginning of the inactive stage the soft leg tissue rapidly dedifferentiates and regresses into and forms a coxal limb bud, which elongates and differentiates into a new limb extending into the ventral exuvial space. Amoebocytes are conspicuously active during limb regression, though their rôle is unclear, and they were not involved with limb elongation. Although the appearance of the limb in the resultant adult depends on the position of the wound clot, leg regeneration of amputated nymphal legs was clearly very limited. This indicates that the limb bud must contain a sufficient number of cells from each former leg segment in order to form a normal limb.
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