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On Three New Species of the Genus Falcaustra Lane (Nematoda-Kathlaniidae) from Malayan Amphibians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

P. H. Yuen
P. H. Yuen
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Singapore
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The members of the genus Falcaustra are mainly parasites of tortoises. Of the 17 species of Falcaustra described from Asia, only 2 are parasitic in amphibians. Baylis (1933), recorded 3 species of Falcaustra from Malayan tortoises and Balasingam (1961), recorded another from Testudo emys from Malaya. The present paper records for the first time 3 new species of Falcaustra from Malayan amphibians for which the following names are proposed: Falcaustra purchoni sp.nov., F. pahangi sp.nov. and F. dubia sp.nov.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , September 1963 , pp. 241 - 250
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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