New species of Syphacia (Syphacia) Seurat (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) from Pseudomys species (Rodentia: Muridae) from central Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1775, 2008, Pages 39-50

  Weaver, H J ^a,b   Smales, L R ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Desert; Muridae; Nematoda; Oxyuridae; Pseudomys; Syphacia

Indexed keywords

MURIDAE; NEMATODA; OXYURIDA; OXYURIDAE; PSEUDOMYS; PSEUDOMYS DESERTOR; PSEUDOMYS HERMANNSBURGENSIS; RODENTIA; SYPHACIA;

EID: 44649196425     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1775.1.3     Document Type: Article

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