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1 July 2006 New Genus, New Species of Cestoda (Proteocephalidae) from the Lizard Sphenomorphus aignanus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea
Charles R. Bursey, Stephen R. Goldberg, Fred Kraus
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Abstract

Adenobrechmos greeri n. gen., n. sp. from the intestines of the skink Sphenomorphus aignanus (Scincidae) is described and illustrated. Adenobrechmos greeri n. sp. is unique among the Proteocephalidae by possessing an unarmed apical gland. The presence of the unarmed apical gland as well as an aspinose rostrum allows the erection of a new subfamily, Adenobrechmoinae, for the new genus. Adenobrechmos greeri n. sp. is the fourth species of Proteocephalidae reported to infect New Guinean reptiles.

Charles R. Bursey, Stephen R. Goldberg, and Fred Kraus "New Genus, New Species of Cestoda (Proteocephalidae) from the Lizard Sphenomorphus aignanus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea," Comparative Parasitology 73(2), 184-187, (1 July 2006). https://doi.org/10.1654/4211.1
Published: 1 July 2006
KEYWORDS
Adenobrechmos greeri n. sp
Cestoda
lizard
Papua New Guinea
Sphenomorphus aignanus
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