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Nematode parasites of Oceanica

X. Capillariids from avian hosts collected in Palawan and Borneo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. Wakelin
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Bedford College, London, N.W.1
Gerald D. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, The University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
R. E. Kuntz
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 2, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China and Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas

Extract

The capillariid nematodes present in avian hosts collected in Palawan and Borneo are recorded and described. Three new species are established, Capillaria javanensis from Dinopium javanense everetti, Drycopus javanensis hargitti, Mei-glyptes tukki tukki and Megalaima chrysopogon chrysopsis, Capillaria pitti from Pitta sordida sordida, Copyschus niger niger, Copyschus saularis and Chalcophaps indica indica, and Capillaria anthracocerosi from Anthracoceros marchei. Capillaria tridens and C. madseni are recorded from new hosts.

We wish to acknowledge the field support by Dr D. S. Rabor, Department of Biology, Silliman University, Damaguete City, Negros Oriental, Republic of the Philippines, and the technicians of the Parasitology Department of Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 for general assistance in procurement and examination of hosts. The authors are indebted to Messrs H. G. Deignan (deceased) and George Watson, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., as well as to Dr Rabor for identification of hosts. Dr B. J. Myers assisted with the initial handling of the spe

Initial work for this study was supported by funding under Public Law 480, Section 104(c), by funds provided by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department Work Unit MR 005.20–0098, by contract no. NR 103–690/N 0014–66–C 0094, between the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy and the Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, and grant no. 5 P01-GM-13252–02 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, DHEW. Final efforts were sponsored by the Department of the Army, contract no. DADA 17–68-C-8094.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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