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THE spermatheca is stated to be absent, by Patton and Cragg1, in the Anoplura, Pediculus humanus, and also by Florence2 in Hæmatopinus suis. But Keilin and Nuttall3 indicate the existence of a spermatheca in their figure of the reproductive system of P. humanus. Qadri4 disputes this finding and points out that a spermatheca is also absent in Hæmatopinus tuberculatus.
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MUKERJI, D., SARMA, P. Spermatheca in Sucking Louse. Nature 168, 612 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168612a0
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