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Issue: Vol. 1397 No. 1: 25 Jan. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-01-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1397.1.5
Page range: 39–45
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 1

Fine morphology of the cuticle surface of Chordodes anthophorus and reinterpretation of C. aquaeductus, C. ferganensis and C. oscillatus (Gordiida Nematomorpha)

Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque S/N 1900, Argentina
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque S/N 1900, Argentina
Institute of Parasitology, Russian Academy of Sciences Leninskii pr. 33 119071 Moscow, Russia
Chordodes cuticle surface Central Asia Georgia Gordiida.

Abstract

We reinvestigate four species of the genus Chordodes from Central Asia and one from Georgia (Transcaucasian part of former USSR) in order to certify the taxonomic descriptions and verify the species status. By scanning electron microscopy, we demonstrate characteristic cuticular patterns for Chordodes anthophorus. The other three species, C. aquaeductus, C. ferganensis and C. oscillatus are synonymized with C. anthophorus because no differences were detected.

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