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adult Gene's organ
adult Gene's organ horn
A pair of antero-lateral lobe or finger-like projections that are everted during egg waxing. These blind-ending horns are everted by hydrostatic pressure of the hemolymph. In Prostriate ticks, 4 horns are present.
Fig. 1-EAA, Fig. 2-EAA, Fig. 9-EAA, Fig. 17-EAA, Fig. 18-EAA, Fig. 19-EAA, Fig. 20-EAA, in Exp. Appl. Acarol. 25: 327-352.
TADS:0000371
TADS:0000371
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