Diceronema versterae gen. n., sp. n. (Atractidae: Cosmocercoidea) from the black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis bicornis, in South Africa

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-104

  Gibbons, L M ^a,d   Knapp, S E ^b,c   Krecek, R C ^c  

^a Intl Institute of Parasitology   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d Institute of CAB International

Author keywords

Atractidae; Black rhinoceros; Cosmocercoidea; Diceronema versterae; Diceros bicornis bicornis; KwaZulu Natal Province; Nematoda; New genus; New species; Republic of South Africa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042865123     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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