Specimens of Thubunaea dactyluris Karve, 1938 sensu Fabio and Rolas, 1974 from the lizard Ameiva ameiva of Brazil and types of Physalopteroides venancioi (Lent, Freitas, and Proença, 1946) from the toad Bufo paracnemis of Paraguay were re-examined. The male caudal papillae and the tooth arrangement demonstrated that these specimens were conspecific and are all assigned to P. venancioi. The occurrence of Physalopteroides dactyluris (Karve, 1938), a nematode parasite of lizards of India and Turkmenistan, is invalidated for Brazil.
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1 October 2000
Thubunaea dactyluris Sensu Fabio and Rolas, a Synonym of Physalopteroides venancioi (Spirurida, Physalopteridae)
Davor Vrcibradic,
Joaquim J. Vicente,
Charles R. Bursey
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