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On a New Species of the Genus Thelazia Bosc 1819, from a Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) from Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

S. Wahid
S. Wahid
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Abstract

Thelazia ugandensis n.sp. is described from a hooded vulture. It differs from the other known species in the length of the spicules, length of the gubernaculum and the number and position of male caudal papillae.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , December 1959 , pp. 257 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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