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Some Cestodes of the Subfamily Paruterininae Fuhrmann, 1907 from Birds in Central Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

D. F. Mettrick
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of the West Indies

Extract

Paruterina quelea sp. nov. is described, and brief details given of P. zambicnsis Mettrick, 1960, and P. pentamyzos Mettrick, 1960. Details of all the species at present in the genus Paruterina are listed.

Re-descriptions are given of Metroliasthes lucida Ransom, 1900, and Biuterina rectangula Fuhrmann, 1908.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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