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Nematode parasites of Oceanica

XVII. Schistorophidae, Spiruridae, Physalopteridae and Trichostrongylidae of birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Gerald D. Schmidt  and
Robert E. Kuntz
Gerald D. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80631
Robert E. Kuntz
Affiliation:
Departments of Parasitology, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Taiwan, Republic of China, and Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas 78228
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Viktorocara acholonui sp.nov. is described from a babbler, Alcippe brunnea, from Taiwan. It differs from V. charadrii Belopolskaja, 1959, and V. guschanscoi Leonov, 1958, in having a longer pharynx and in shape of tip of left spicule, and from V. tenuis (Maplestone, 1932) in having 6 rather than 10–13 pairs of preanal papillae.

Smetaleksenema gen.nov. is proposed for Skrjabinobronema pileati Smetanina et Alekseev, 1968, which becomes Smetaleksenema pileati (Smetanina et Alekseev, 1968), comb.nov. It differs from Ancyracanthopsis Diesing, 1861, in having serrated cephalic processes. The species is redescribed.

Ornithostrongylus vetterlingi sp.nov. is described from emerald doves, Chalcophaps indica, from Borneo and Palawan. It differs from all other species in the shape of the gubernaculum and in possessing a striated, common spicule sheath which binds the spicules tightly together.

Also reported and briefly discussed are: Viguiera dicrurusi Gupta, 1960; V. buckleyi (Yeh, 1954) Chabaud, 1957; Cyrnea (P.) excisiformis Yamaguti, 1935; C. (P.) leptoptera (Rudolphi, 1819) Chabaud, 1958; C. (C.) eurycerca Seurat, 1914; Physaloptera alata Rudolphi, 1819; Ornithostrongylus quadriradiatus (Stevenson, 1904) Travassos, 1914; O. travassosi Maplestone, 1932; Amidostomum skrjabini Boulenger, 1926; and Epomidiostomum anatinum Skrjabin, 1915.

We wish to acknowledge the field support by Dr D. S. Rabor, Department of Biology, Silliman University, Dumaguete 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, and to Mr H. G. Deignan (deceased), U.S. National Museum, for identification of birds.

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-C0094, between the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, and the Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, and research grant HE-5-P01-6M-13252-02 from National Institutes of Health, USPHS.

Final efforts were sponsored by Department of the Army, contract no. DADA17-68-C-8094.

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Parasitology , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , April 1972 , pp. 269 - 278
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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