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Some Microphallids collected in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Albert G. Canaris
Albert G. Canaris
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas.
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African representatives in the family Microphallidae (Trematoda) are recorded, and descriptions of five new species are given. Collections made on the Kenya coast showed: (Aves) Crocethia alba infected with Microphallus kenyensis sp.nov.; Encocotyle africanus sp.nov., and Maritrema sethsmithi sp.nov.; Tringa hypoleucos and Numenius phaeopus infected with Diacetabulum curvicolon Belopolskaia, 1952; (Reptilia, Scincidae) Ablepharus boutonii africanus infected with Levinseniella heardi sp.nov., Maritrema sethsmithi sp.nov. and Maritreminoides ablephari sp.nov.

Patti Hirst and Alma Smith assisted with preparation of the plates. R. W. Heard III and S. Deblock loaned material and made helpful comments on the reproductive structures in the genus Levenseniella.

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Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , February 1971 , pp. 53 - 61
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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