The presence of additional abdominal legs in Acerentomon gallicum Ionesco, 1933 (Protura, Acerentomidae)--a teratological case.
A teratological specimen of Acerentomon gallicum Ionesco, 1933 having additional rudiments of abdominal appendages on segments IV and V is described. The hypothesis concerning the origin of seta P3 in the sternal chaetotaxy is discussed.
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Department of Invertebrates, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland. szeptycki@isez.pan.krakow.pl
D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001317:Austria; D005260:Female