Oochoristica novaezealandae n. sp. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from a New Zealand skink,Leiolopisma nigriplantare maccanni Hardy, 1977 |
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| Authors: | Gerald D. Schmidt Bertha Allison |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biological Sciences , University of Northern Colorado , Greeley , Colorado , 80 639 , U. S. A.;2. Department of Zoology , University of Canterbury , Private Bag, Christchurch 1 , New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Oochoristica novaezealandae n. sp. is described from the small intestine of a skink, Leiolopisma nigriplantare maccanni (Hardy 1977) from Birdling's Flat, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. In having fewer than 20 testes it differs from all other species in the genus except O. chinensis Jensen, Schmidt & Kuntz, 1983; O. vacuolata Hickman, 1954; O. lygosomae Burt, 1933; and O. lygosomatis Skinker, 1935. Of these, it most resembles O. chinensis, but differs from it in the ovary, which consists of 2 rounded lobes; they are subdivided into finger-like lobules in O. chinensis. Further, O. novaezealandae has a conspicuous, encapsulated, sac-like mass of glands surrounding the genital atrium; these are not present in O. chinensis. |
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| Keywords: | Oochoristica novaezealandae new taxa Leiolopisma nigriplantare cestodes Anoplocephalidae Birdlings Flat New Zealand taxonomy morphology Scincidae |
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