July 2012

A study on fat body cells ultrastructure in female camel tick (Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum)

  The female tick’s Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum fat body consists of cell strips suspended in the haemolymph but circumference was stuck around the tracheal tranks, midgut and reproductive system. The rough endoplasmic reticulum cisternae (RER) occupies a large area in the cell cytoplasm and appears to develop quickly after ticks’ blood feeding, and lipid droplets associated with...

Author(s): Faisal A. Bughdadi

July 2012

Records of the genus Camptothlipsis Enderlein (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae), from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species

  This paper gives a detailed description of Camptothlipsis arabica sp. nov., (Hym., Braconidae, Agathidinae) is described in Saudi Arabia. The diagnostic morphological characters of the new species are outlined and they are compared with those of the related species. This paper is the first report given of the genus Camptothlipsis Enderlein in Saudi Arabia.   Key...

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