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Genus Pityococcus



Adult female crawler, Specimen 1, ventral, HMDS treated - Pityococcus rugulosus - female Adult female crawler, Specimen 1, lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus - female Adult male, Specimen 3 anterior-lateral-ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Female cyst shaken from needle, dorsal - Pityococcus rugulosus - female Second stage quiescent larva, dorsal - Pityococcus rugulosus Second stage quiescent larva, ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus Immature male crawler, Specimen 1, half-molted, ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Quiescent adult female, Specimen 2, HMDS treated, ventral head - Pityococcus rugulosus - female