| hyalomma (hyalommina) arabica: nymphal and larval identity and spiny mouse hosts in saudi arabia (acarina: ixodoidea: ixodidae). | nymphal and larval hyalomma (hyalommina) arabica pegram, hoogstraal, and wassef, 1982, described herein, closely resemble those of hyalomma (hyalommina) rhipicephaloides neumann, differing chiefly in body size (both stages), nymphal basis capituli and scutal proportional dimensions, and distinctness of larval coxal spurs. females of these species are also structurally similar but males differ in major critical characters. nymphs and larvae of both species parasitize the spiny mouse (acomys spp.) ... | 1985 | 4057007 |
| the comparative gastrointestinal morphology of five species of muroid rodents found in saudi arabia. | meriones rex (king jird), meriones libycus (libyan jird), acomys dimidiatus (eastern spiny mouse), acomys cahirinus (egyptian spiny mouse), and dipodillus dasyurus (wagner's dipodil) are five species of small rodents of the superfamily muroidea with distributions in eastern africa, egypt, and the desert regions of the arabian peninsula. water is scarce in these regions and may result in relatively low-digestible food. the aim of the present study is to describe and compare the gastrointestinal t ... | 2014 | 24664865 |
| the distribution of mucous secreting cells in the gastrointestinal tracts of three small rodents from saudi arabia: acomys dimidiatus, meriones rex and meriones libycus. | the proportion of mucin phenotypes (which form the protective biofilm of the gastrointestinal tract) differs between intestinal regions. this study examines the distribution of mucin secreting cells in the gastrointestinal tracts of the eastern spiny mouse (acomys dimidiatus), king jird (meriones rex) and libyan jird (meriones libycus), which inhabit the dry and hot deserts of saudi arabia. intestinal tract samples were processed to wax and tissue sections stained with alcian blue-periodic acid ... | 2016 | 26743350 |