Ophidascaris wangi sp. n. and O. najae (Gedoelst, 1916) (Ascaridida: Ascaridoidea) from snakes in China

Title:

Ophidascaris wangi sp. n. and O. najae (Gedoelst, 1916) (Ascaridida: Ascaridoidea) from snakes in China

Creator:

Li, Liang, Guo, Yan-Ning, Li, Jian, and Zhang, Lu-Ping

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:ae5d28d9-155b-4da9-9cc8-06e2fc320318
uuid:ae5d28d9-155b-4da9-9cc8-06e2fc320318
doi:10.14411/fp.2014.059

Subject:

Ascarididae, Nematoda, Elaphe carinata, morphology, taxonomy, and Ophiophagus hannah

Type:

model:article and TEXT

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Description:

Ophidascaris wangi sp. n. collected from the king rat snake Elaphe carinata (Günther) (Serpentes: Colubridae) in China is described using both light and scanning electron microscopy. The new species differs from its congeners in the presence of narrow lateral alae originating a short distance posterior to the base of the ventrolateral lips, its relatively long oesophagus (3.57-4.54 mm long, representing 6.6-7.6% of body length), its short spicules (1.89-2.14 mm long, representing 3.9-4.3% of body length), the number and arrangement of caudal papillae (49-57 pairs in total, arranged as follows: 43-51 pairs precloacal, 2 pairs joined paracloacal and 4 pairs postcloacal), the presence of a particular papilliform medioventral, postcloacal ornamentation and the morphology of the eggs and tip of the female tail. In addition, Ophidascaris najae (Gedoelst, 1916), collected from the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah Cantor (Serpentes: Elapidae) in China, is also redescribed. The morphology of the cervical papillae, labial denticles and phasmids of the female is described for the first time.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Coverage:

571-580

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2014 Volume:61 | Number:6

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CDK

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