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Research Paper | Agriculture | Saudi Arabia | Volume 9 Issue 1, January 2020

Morphological Features of Pseudoscorpion (Strobilochelifer spinipalpis) from Qassim Palm Farm

Souad M Alsaqabi

Abstract: This study presents scanning electron microscope images of Strobilochelifer spinipalpis, a species of pseudoscorpion, for the first time. The images clarify the morphology of the body of the pseudoscorpion and its setae. These are the first recorded images of the morphological features of this species. The sample were collected from Palm farm in Qassim. The images collected clarify the differences between structures previously only observed by optical microscope.

Keywords: Pseudoscorpion, SEM, Saudi Arabia, morphology, Strobilochelifer spinipalpi

Edition: Volume 9 Issue 1, January 2020,

Pages: 50 - 53