A REVISION OF THE TAXONOMY OF THE BLUNT-HOOKED RAILLIETIELLA, PENTASTOMID PARASITES OF AFRICAN, SOUTH-EAST-ASIAN AND INDONESIAN LIZARDS, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES
A REVISION OF THE TAXONOMY OF THE BLUNT-HOOKED RAILLIETIELLA, PENTASTOMID PARASITES OF AFRICAN, SOUTH-EAST-ASIAN AND INDONESIAN LIZARDS, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00014851
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
SELF, JT
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作者:
ALI, JH;RILEY, J;SELF, JT
Raillietiella (3 spp.) with blunt tips to the posterior hooks have been described from southeast Asia and Indonesia. Another 2 spp., R. hemidactyli from an Indian agamid lizard and R. mabuiae from an African skink, also possess blunt hooks, which is unaccountably not mentioned in early descriptions. The various species are distinguished by differences in body length, or number of abdominal annuli and/or host and geographical distribution. Certain of the morphological characters overlap and some authors have considered the complex a single species. Preserved material from a variety of sources was examined, including type specimens, and by using comparative hook data and a standardized annulus-counting procedure it was shown that at least 3 of the earlier described species are valid. R. frenatus sp. nov. is described. Errors in identification that have crept into the more recent literature are corrected. [The species R. gehyrae, R. geckonis and R. maculatus are also discussed; Porocephalus crotali, Kiricephalus and Armillifer spp. are mentioned; and the host species are given.].