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The eggshell morphology of Rallicola unguiculatus Piaget, 1880 (Ischnocera: Phthiraptera)
1Department of Zoology, Govt. Raza P.G. College, Rampur, U.P. 244901 India.
Abstract:
The egg chorion of the greater coucal louse, Rallicola unguiculatus bears hexagonal ridges. The hat shaped opercular disc also shows hexagonal marks. Twenty to twenty-three button shaped micropyles occur along the opercular rim. The stigma remained obscured under the cementing material.

