A new Anoplocephalid (Cestoda) from Tarentola parvicarinata (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Senegal (West Africa)

0350541 - ÚBO 2011 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Mašová, Š. - Tenora, F. - Baruš, Vlastimil - Koubek, Petr
A new Anoplocephalid (Cestoda) from Tarentola parvicarinata (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Senegal (West Africa).
Journal of Parasitology. Roč. 96, č. 5 (2010), s. 977-981. ISSN 0022-3395. E-ISSN 1937-2345
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Keywords : Cyclophyllidea parasite * helminths * lizards
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
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The present study presents the description of Oochoristica beveridgei n. sp. (Linstowiinae Fuhrmann, 1907). The species was found in the small intestine of Tarentola parvicarinata Joger (Gekkonidae) in East Senegal (West Africa). Among known species of Oochoristica Luhe, 1898, O. beveridgei is most similar to Oochoristica junkea (John. 1950) Schmidt, 1986, found in Gekko gecko (Linnaeus) from India. A common feature of both species is the location of the cirrus sac, which lies anterior to the poral part of the ovary. The new species differs from O. junkca in having a higher number of testes, different testes arrangement, wider cirrus sac, and a different shape of ovary. The position of the cirrus sac in O. beveridgei is also similar to that found in Oochoristica gallica Dollfus, 1954, whose host is Psammodromus hispanicus Fitzinger (Lacertidae) from Morocco. The new species differs from O. gullica in that it possesses fewer testes and that these testes have a different arrangement.
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