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Allohymenolepis palawanensis sp. n. (Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae) from the Philippine bird, Nectarinia jugularis (Tweeddale 1878)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Thomas L. Deardorff ,
Gerald D. Schmidt  and
Robert E. Kuntz
Thomas L. Deardorff
Affiliation:
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564, USA
Gerald D. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639, USA
Robert E. Kuntz
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas 78284, USAand U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Taipei, Taiwan
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Abstract

Allohymenolepis palawanensis sp. n. from a yellow-breasted sunbird, Nectarinia jugularis, in Palawan, Republic of the Philippines, is characterized by possessing a sucker diameter of 52–56 μm, a scolex of 120 × 157–166 μm, ovary 25–40 × 71–90 μm, and a vitelline gland of 17–25μm

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 211 - 213
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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