[Ultrastructural studies of Haller's organ in the argasid tick, Argas tridentatus (Argasidae)].
Haller's organ in A. tridentatus consists of a capsule and an anterior group of sensilla. The capsule is the hollow in the cuticle on the dorsal surface of the first tarsus, where 4 pored hairs of olfactory sensilla are situated under the cover of the roof, formed by an anostomosis of the upper brunches of pleomorphs (capsule's bottom non-sensory cuticular outgrowths). The canal of the accessory ampullaceous sensillum opens in a capsule near the bottom. The anterior group of sensilla consists of two parts: proximal part, containing pored grooved and thin hairs, is homologous to the anterior grouf of ixodid ticks, and distal one which has no homologues in ixodids. Fine structure of all the sensilla in the mentioned parts of Haller's organ is described in detail.
D000818:Animals; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013643:Tarsus, Animal / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013987:Ticks / Q000648:ultrastructure*
Ul'trastrukturnye issledovaniia organa Gallera argasovykh kleshchei Argas tridentatus (Argasidae).