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Issue: Vol. 5005 No. 3: 27 Jul. 2021
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.3.15
Page range: 395-400
Abstract views: 346
PDF downloaded: 16

A new species of Mediorhynchus Van Cleave, 1916 (Acanthocephala: Gigantorhynchidae) from Burhinus capensis (Aves: Charadriiformes) and a report of Mediorhynchus africanus Amin et al. 2013 from Guttera edouardi (Aves: Galliformes) from South Africa

Parasitology Section, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000, South Australia, Australia
Research Administration and Development, University of Limpopo, Sovenga 0727, South Africa. DST-NRF SARChI Research Chair (Ecosystem Health), Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, 0727, South Africa.
4University of Veterinary Medicine, 1078 Budapest, István u. 2., Hungary
Acanthocephala Gigantorhynchidae Aves Charadriiformes Galliformes

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