A new species of Oochoristica (Cyclophyllidea, Anoplocephalidae) from Varanus albigularis (Squamata, Varanidae) in Kenya

Jean Mariaux; Ian Beveridge

doi:10.5281/zenodo.3463469

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1 January 2020 A new species of Oochoristica (Cyclophyllidea, Anoplocephalidae) from Varanus albigularis (Squamata, Varanidae) in Kenya

Jean Mariaux, Ian Beveridge

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Revue suisse de Zoologie, 126(2):291-296 (2020). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3463469

Abstract

Oochoristica varanicola sp. nov. (Anoplocephalidae, Linstowiinae) is described from Varanus albigularis in Kenya. It is the third species of this cestode genus described from monitor lizards. Oochoristica varanicola differs from other species from Varanus, as well as from the numerous other species in the genus by a unique combination of characters that include a high number of testes (92–134) and a long cirrus-sac (225–290 × 63–90 µm). Both the host and the locality are new records for the genus Oochoristica.

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Jean Mariaux and Ian Beveridge "A new species of Oochoristica (Cyclophyllidea, Anoplocephalidae) from Varanus albigularis (Squamata, Varanidae) in Kenya," Revue suisse de Zoologie 126(2), 291-296, (1 January 2020). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3463469

Accepted: 15 August 2019; Published: 1 January 2020

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