Oxyuroids of palearctic testudinidae: New definition of the genus Thaparia Ortlepp, 1933 (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae), redescription of Thaparia thapari thapari, and descriptions of two new species

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-180

  Bouamer, Salah ^a   Morand, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Hermann's tortoise; Morocco; Nematoda; Pharyngodonidae; Spain; Spur thighed tortoise; Testudo graeca; Testudo hermanni; Thaparia bourgati sp. n.; Thaparia carlosfeliui sp. n.; Thaparia thapari thapari

Indexed keywords

TESTUDO GRAECA; TESTUDO HERMANNI; THAPARIA BOURGATI; THAPARIA CARLOSFELIUI; THAPARIA THAPARI;

EID: 0033884983     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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