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On Some Known and New Species of the Family Tetrameridae Travassos, 1914, from Indian Birds*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Ameer Sultana
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, College of Science, Osmania, University, Hyderabad (A.P.), India

Extract

A solitary male and two females were collected from the Indian Sand-Martin, Riparia paludicola brevicaudata. The male worm was present in the lumen, and the blood red females were embedded in cysts formed in the walls of the proventriculus.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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