Folia Parasitologica 39[4] 369-373 (1992)
STRONGYLOIDES-OPHIUSENSIS SP-N (NEMATODA, STRONGYLOIDIDAE), PARASITE OF AN INSULAR LIZARD, PODARCIS-PITYUSENSIS (SAURIA, LACERTIDAE)
- ROCA, V (reprint author), UNIV VALENCIA, FAC CIENCIAS BIOL, DEPT BIOL ANIM PARASITOL ANIM, MOLINER 50 461 00 BURJASSOT, VALENCIA, SPAIN
The parasitic female of the nematode Strongyloides ophiusensis sp. n.. fund in the intestine of lizard Podarcis pityusensis (Bosca, 1883) from Balearic Islands (West Mediterranean), is described. This species differs from other similar Strongyloides species in the body size, the morphology of the stoma, the structure of the ovaries and in the stage of development of the eggs, and also in some ecological and chorological characters.
Published: December 1, 1992 Show citation
