The Male Genital Armature in the Order Anoplura, Or Sucking Lice

Abstract

Only in very recent years has the value of the male genital armature in taxonomic work on the Anoplura been appreciated. In 1907 Pawlowsky made studies of the genital structures of the males by sectioning specimens. But it was not until 1910 that there was any extended comparative account given. In that year Mjöberg published his very extensive studies in which he figured and described many of the chief features of the hard parts for several species of sucking lice. He was the first to employ some of the terms largely used today for the more conspicuous parts, such as the basal plate, parameres and the preputial sack.