The ultrastructure of the egg-shell of the fly Synthesiomyia nudiseta has been studied by scanning electron microscopy. The surface of the outer chorion is highly ridged, grooved and has a reticulate appearance except at ...

Neurosecretory cell types Bi—B5 are widely distributed throughout the cerebral, subesophageal, nerve cord and peripheral ganglia of the oligochaete Aporrectodea caliginosa, Lumbricus terrestris, Eisenia foetida, Octolasion ...

Good biological indicators to monitor the effects of pollutants on marine organisms must be exceptionally sensitive to environmental change so that a significant reduction in their numbers can be used as a warning of ...

Density and diversity of arthropods were studied at different habitats of the Qatari desert. Diurnal sampling was conducted at two seasons of the year, the end of the dry season, at the beginning of autumn (October) in ...

The effects of gamma irradiation at different doses on the adult stage of Callosobruchus chinensis L. were studied. Adult fecundity and fertility decreased by increasing the radiation dose and effects of the treatment were ...

The effect of gamma radiation on the elemental composition of larvae, pupae and adults stages of the flour moth Ephestia kuhniella after irradiation of eggs to the sterilizing dose was studied. The elemental composition ...

Changes in total acidity, total carbohydrates, reducing sugars, starch, total protein, ether soluble fraction, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, total phosphorus, ash, dry and wet gluten, crude fibres and specific ...

The results revealed that a temperature of 10°C was the most effective temperature on pupal mortality of Culex pipiens complex L. followed by 32°C then 20 and 26°C. There was a gradual increase in pupal mortality with ...

When the pupal stage of Culex pipiens complex L. male mosquito was exposed to gamma radiation (60 Gy), oxygen, partial vacuum (0.1 torr), low temperature (10°C), for one or two hours, or low humidity (31% R. H.) for 3 ...

The naked-bellied bat Taphozous nudiventris nudiventris Gretzschmar, 1831 is recorded for the first time from the Qatari Penninsula. Prosthodendrium (Prosthodendrium) parvouterus (Bhalerao, 1926) Dubois, 1955 (Trematoda: ...