NEW SPECIES OF ALLOPHARYNX (DIGENEA: PLAGIORCHIIDAE) AND OTHER HELMINTHS IN URANOSCODON SUPERCILIOSUS (SQUAMATA: TROPIDURIDAE) FROM AMAZONIAN BRAZIL

Allopharynx daileyi n. sp. (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) from the small intestine of the tropidurid lizard Uranoscodon superciliosus from Amazonian Brazil is described and illustrated. Of the 11 currently recognized species of Allopharynx, we consider Allopharynx megorchis Simha, 1961 a synonym of Allop...

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Published in:The Journal of parasitology 2005-12, Vol.91 (6), p.1395-1398
Main Authors: Bursey, Charles R, Goldberg, Stephen R, Vitt, Laurie J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allopharynx
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Biological taxonomies
Brazil - epidemiology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
General aspects and techniques. Study of several systematic groups. Models
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - epidemiology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - parasitology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - veterinary
Intestine
Intestine, Small - parasitology
Invertebrates
Lizards
Lizards - parasitology
Male
Nemathelminthia. Plathelmintha
Nematodes
New species
Ovaries
Parasitology
Pelvic bones
Pharynx
Small intestine
Snakes
Synonyms
SYSTEMATICS-PHYLOGENETICS
Testes
Trematoda - anatomy & histology
Trematoda - classification
Trematode Infections - epidemiology
Trematode Infections - parasitology
Trematode Infections - veterinary
Uterus
Zoology
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Summary:Allopharynx daileyi n. sp. (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) from the small intestine of the tropidurid lizard Uranoscodon superciliosus from Amazonian Brazil is described and illustrated. Of the 11 currently recognized species of Allopharynx, we consider Allopharynx megorchis Simha, 1961 a synonym of Allopharynx mehrai (Gogate, 1935) Price 1938 and Allopharynx puertoricensisAcholonu, 1976 a synonym of Allopharynx riopedrensis Garcia-Diaz; thus, A. daileyi becomes the 10th species assigned to the genus. The trematode species Mesocoelium monas and 2 species of Nematoda, Africana chabaudi and Cosmocerca vrcibradici, were also present.
ISSN:0022-3395
1937-2345
DOI:10.1645/GE-3478.1