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1 July 2005 Plagiorchis taiwanensis (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae), Kurilonema markovi (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) and Other Helminths in Eumeces latiscutatus (Scincidae) and Takydromus tachydromoides (Lacertidae) from Japan
Charles R. Bursey, Stephen R. Goldberg, Sam R. Telford
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Abstract

Helminths from Eumeces latiscutatus (n = 17) and Takydromus tachydromoides (n = 34) from Japan are reported. Two species of Nematoda, Kurilonema markovi and Meteterakis japonica, and 1 taxon of Acanthocephala, cystacanths of Centrorhynchus sp., were found in E. latiscutatus; 1 species of Digenea, Plagiorchis taiwanensis, and 2 species of Nematoda, K. markovi and Oswaldocruzia filiformis, were found in T. tachydromoides. Oswaldocruzia yezoensis is proposed as a synonym of Oswaldocruzia filiformis. Takydromus tachydromoides represents a new host record for P. taiwanensis and Japan is a new locality record.

Charles R. Bursey, Stephen R. Goldberg, and Sam R. Telford "Plagiorchis taiwanensis (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae), Kurilonema markovi (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) and Other Helminths in Eumeces latiscutatus (Scincidae) and Takydromus tachydromoides (Lacertidae) from Japan," Comparative Parasitology 72(2), 234-240, (1 July 2005). https://doi.org/10.1654/4170
Published: 1 July 2005
KEYWORDS
Eumeces latiscutatus
Japan
Kurilonema markovi
lizard
Nematoda
Plagiorchis taiwanensis
Takydromus tachydromoides
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