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On a Redescription of Foleyella candezi Fraipont, 1882, from Meller's Chamaeleon (Chamaeleon melleri), from Nyasaland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

L. G. Jayewardene
L. G. Jayewardene
Affiliation:
Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Ceylon. From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Two species of nematodes were recovered from the Meller's chamaeleon from Nyasaland, which died at the London Zoo. They comprised ten females and eight males of Foleyella candezi from the axilla and peritoneal cavity, and two adult females of Abbreviata sp. from the gut. Specific determination was not possible for the latter species, owing to the paucity of the material.

The females are thread-like and very slightly flattened dorso-ventrally. They have an average length of 94.8 mm. and range from 73 to 124 mm. The width is more or less uniform, average 0.5 mm. but becomes narrow at 1 mm. from the tip of the tail. The anterior end is bluntly rounded and in some specimens has a slightly bulbous appearance when observed from the lateral aspect. This is due to a slight narrowing at the junction of the oesophagus and intestine.

The tail is more attenuated than the anterior end and it is slightly curved ventrad and marked by a shallow groove running ventrally from the anus to the tip where it is flanked by two minute papillae-like structures.

The shallow stoma is somewhat oval in shape and surrounded by ten minute papillae, six of which form an inner circle and four an outer circle. The mid-dorsal and mid-ventral papillae of the inner circle are more conspicuous than the others.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 30 , Issue 2-3 , October 1956 , pp. 97 - 102
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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