PMID- 19287360 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090825 LR - 20090316 IS - 0127-5720 (Print) IS - 0127-5720 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 3 DP - 2008 Dec TI - Scanning electron micrographs of two species of Sturnophagoides (Acari: Astigmata: Pyroglyphidae) mites in Malaysia. PG - 217-24 AB - Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of two dust mites, Sturnophagoides brasiliensis and Sturnophagoides halterophilus, are presented to provide an improved visualization of the taxonomic characters of these mites. Sturnophagoides halterophilus can be differentiated from S. brasiliensis by their expanded genu and femur of leg I. The differences in morphology of male and female S. brasiliensis are also discussed. FAU - Mariana, A AU - Mariana A AD - Acarology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, 50588 Kuala Lumpur. mariana@imr.gov.my FAU - Santana Raj, A S AU - Santana Raj AS FAU - Ho, T M AU - Ho TM FAU - Tan, S N AU - Tan SN FAU - Zuhaizam, H AU - Zuhaizam H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Malaysia TA - Trop Biomed JT - Tropical biomedicine JID - 8507086 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Male MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Pyroglyphidae/classification/*ultrastructure MH - Sex Characteristics EDAT- 2009/03/17 09:00 MHDA- 2009/08/26 09:00 CRDT- 2009/03/17 09:00 PHST- 2009/03/17 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/03/17 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/08/26 09:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Trop Biomed. 2008 Dec;25(3):217-24.