Morphological and molecular descriptions of Moniliformis saudi sp. n. (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) from the desert hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg) in Saudi Arabia, with a key to species and notes on histopathology.
A new acanthocepohalan species, Moniliformis saudi sp. n. is described from the desert hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg), in central Saudi Arabia. Fourteen other valid species of Moniliformis Travassos, 1915 are recognised. The new species of Moniliformis is distinguished by having a small proboscis (315-520 µm long and 130-208 µm wide) with two apical pores, 14 rows of 8 hooks each and small hooks, thre largest being 25-31 µm long anteriorly. Distinguishing features are incorporated in a dichotomous key to the species of Moniliformis. The description is augmented by scanning electron microscopical (SEM) observation and DNA analysis of nuclear (18Sa residence in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, and stole several firearms therefrom. The defendant took two of these firearms, .22 caliber rifles, to the mobile home residence of the victim Raymond Harris, an 84 year old man who lived alone on Granny Walker Cemetery Road on Daisy Mountain in Hamilton County, and sold or pawned the two rifles to Mr. Harris for the sum of $100.00. This transaction occurred on or about September 6, 1980.
Then, in the early evening of September 8, 1980, the defendant went back to the home of Raymond Harris and demanded the return of the two rifles. The defendant did not testify as a witness before the jury, but, in the statement that he gave to officers following his arrest, he explained what happened