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A new trematode (Digenea: Mesotretidae) from the horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in China
- Source :
- The Journal of parasitology. 95(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- A new species of Mesotretes (Trematoda: Mesotretidae) parasitizing the small intestine of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum was obtained by the examination of 48 bats collected from 4 localities in Henan Province, China, from August 2003 to January 2005. This species, Mesotretes jiyuanensis n. sp., is similar to Mesotretes orientalis and Mesotretes hangzhouensis, but mainly differs from them in the ratio of the oral sucker and the ventral sucker, and the distance of the intestinal bifurcation from anterior edge of acetabulum, as well as from the former in the extension of the vitellarium. Mesotretes jiyuanensis n. sp. differs from Mesotretes peregrinus chiefly in the shape of the testes and the distribution of cuticular spines. The ratio of the oral sucker and the ventral sucker in this species also differs from that of M. peregrinus.
- Subjects :
- China
biology
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Anatomy
Trematode Infections
biology.organism_classification
Horseshoe bat
Digenea
Intestines
Peregrinus
Chiroptera
Sucker
Prevalence
Helminths
Animals
Parasitology
Taxonomy (biology)
Trematoda
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19372345
- Volume :
- 95
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of parasitology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....43b79e9fd1ab055a9a89402957a98c5e