Redescription of Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat 1917) (Nematoda Pharyngodonidae) from the new host Tarentola parvicarinata Joger 1980 (Squamata Gekkonidae)

• Authors: MAŠOVÁ Šárka; BARUŠ Vlastimil; HODOVÁ Iveta; KOUBEK Petr; KOUBKOVÁ Božena
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Tropical Zoology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Web: http://ejour-fup.unifi.it/index.php/tropicalzoology/article/view/4918/4429
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: parasite; Nematoda; Parapharyngodon; Tarentola; gecko; Senegal; West Africa
• Description: This study, based on a morphometric approach for identification of the nematode parasite Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat 1917), reports the first record of P. micipsae in a West African species of gecko, Tarentola parvicarinata Joger 1980 (Gekkonidae), collected in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal. Specimens of P. micipsae were examined under a light microscope and for the first time with a scanning electron microscope.

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