Sexual dimorphism in the hair follicle mites (Acari: Demodecidae): scanning electron microscopy of Soricidex dimorphus.
Sexually dimorphic features of adult males and females of Soricidex dimorphus, a species unparalleled in its dimorphism by any described representative of the family Demodecidae, are compared by scanning electron microscopy. The account of sexual dimorphism in S. dimorphus is preceded by a review of sexually dimorphic features in other demodecid genera. Minute constituents of general morphology of demodecid mites such as claws, solenidia and spines of legs or palps, dorsal podosomal tubercles, and integumental slits and pores, part of which are reported and/or shown in scanning electron micrographs for the first time, are also receiving detailed attention.
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Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceské Budĕjovice.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics