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Nematode parasites of Oceanica.

VI. Foleyella confusa sp.nov., Icosiella hoogstraali sp.nov. (Filarioidea), and other species from Philippine amphibians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Gerald D. Schmidt  and
Robert E. Kuntz
Gerald D. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Colorado State College, Greeley, Colorado 80631
Robert E. Kuntz
Affiliation:
Parasitology Department, Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 2 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, and Division of Microbiology, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas 78228
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Foleyella confusa sp.nov. is described from Rana limnocharis on Luzon, near Manila. It differs from F. duboisi (Gedoelst) in arrangement and number of anal papillae, in spicule size in relation to length of body, and in overall size. Icosiella hoogstraali sp.nov. from Rana macrodon on Palawan differs from others in the genus in having a left spicule 1·955 mm long and a single preanal papilla. Gnathostoma spinigerum and Cosmocerca japonica are also reported.

We thank Dr Roy C. Anderson, University of Guelph, for reading the manuscript and offering his comments on it.

The authors 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 obtaining and examining hosts.

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, and by Contract No. NR 103–690/N0014–66-C 0094, between the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, and the Southwest Foundation for Research and Education.

Final efforts were sponsored by Department of the Army, Contract No. DADA 17–68–C–8094.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , November 1969 , pp. 885 - 889
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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