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168 COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, 67(2), JULY 2000 lb. Body length less than 1.30 mm 3 2a. Ovary and testes deeply lobed .. L. provitellaria 2b. Ovary and testes not deeply lobed L. macrocirra 3a. Prepharynx present L. parva 3b. Prepharynx absent L. burseyi Remarks and Discussion During this study, the specimens treated by Ubelaker (1965) and Christian (1970) were not available. However, after examination of all other known available specimens, we agree with Christian (1970) that Langeronia is a valid genus and that L. macrocirra and L. provitellaria are valid species. The differences between Loxogenes and Langeronia are as follows: In Loxogenes, the vitellaria are confluent, while in Langeronia they are not. In Loxogenes, the testes are on the same level as the acetabulum, and the ovary is always preacetabular; while in Langeronia, the testes are postacetabular, and the ovary is at the same level or just postacetabular. In Loxogenes, the cirrus pouch is extracecal and club-shaped, and the genital pore is extracecal, anterior and dorsal. In Langeronia, the cirrus pouch is elongate, not club-shaped, twisted intercecally, and preacetabular, while the genital pore is lateral and ventral to the left cecum. In Loxogenes, the intestinal ceca do not extend to the acetabulum, while in Langeronia, they always extend past the acetabulum. In Loxogenes, the uterine coils are arranged in an anterior-posterior configuration, while in Langeronia, the uterine coils are lateral loops confined to the posterior half of the body. Acknowledgments The authors thank Robert L. Bezy, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, for Obituary Notice ALAN F. BIRD February 11, 1928-December 13, 1999 Elected to Honorary Membership in 1997 Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington permission to examine Hyla cadaverina; J. Ralph Lichtenfels, United States National Parasite Collection, for the loan of type material; and Lynn Hertel, University of New Mexico, for her help with illustrations. Literature Cited Babero, B. B., and K. Coiling. 1974. Some helminth parasites of Nevada bullfrogs, Rana catesbiana Shaw. Revista de Biologia Tropical, Universidad de Costa Rica 21:207-220. Brenes, R. R., G. Arroyo-Sancho, and E. Delgado- Flores. 1959. Helmintos de la Republica de Costa Rica XI. Sobre la validez del genero Langeronia Caballero y Bravo, 1949 (Trematoda: Lecithodendriidae) y hallazgo de Ochetosoma miladelarocai Caballero y Vogelsang, 1947. Revista de Biologfa Tropical, Universidad de Costa Rica 7: 81-87. Caballero, E., and M. Bravo-Hollis. 1949. Description d'un nouveau genre de Pleurogeninae (Trematoda: Lecithodendriidae) de grenouilles du Mexique (1) Langeronia macrocirra n. g., n. sp. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee 24: 193-199. Christian, F. A. 1970. Langeronia pai~va sp. n. (Trematoda: Lecithodendriidae) with a revision of the genus Langeronia Caballero and Bravo-Hollis, 1949. Journal of .Parasitology 56:321-324. Sacks, M. 1952. Langeronia provitellaria (Lecithodendriidae), a new species of trematode from Rana pipiens sphenocephala. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 71:267—269. Ubelaker, J. E. 1965. The taxonomic status of Langeronia Caballero and Bravo-Hollis, 1949 with the synonymy of Loxogenes provitellaria Sacks, 1952 with Loxogenes macrocirra Caballero and Bravo-Hollis, 1949. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 68:187-190. Yamaguti, S. 1958. Systema Helminthum. Vol. 1. The Digenetic Trematodes of Vertebrates, Parts I and II. Interscience Publishers, Inc., New York.
Comp. Parasitol. 67(2), 2000 pp. 169-180 Oxyuroids of Palearctic Testudinidae: New Definition of the Genus Thaparia Ortlepp, 1933 (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae), Redescription of Thaparia thapari ihapari, and Descriptions of Two New Species SALAH BouAMER1-3 AND SERGE MoRAND2 1 Groupe Pluridisciplinaire des Sciences, Universite de Perpignan, Av. de Villeneuve, 66860 Perpignan, France (e-mail: bouamer@univ-perp.fr) and 2 Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie Tropicale et Mediteraneenne, Laboratoire de Biologic Animale (UMR 5555 CNRS), Universite de Perpignan, Av. de Villeneuve, 66860 Perpignan, France (e-mail: morand@univ-perp.fr) ABSTRACT: The generic diagnosis of Thaparia Ortlepp, 1933, is emended based on the study and redescription of Thaparia thapari thapari (Dubinina, 1949) from the cecum of Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758, collected in Settat, Morocco. In addition, 2 new species, Thaparia carlosfeliui sp. n. and Thaparia bourgati sp. n. from the cecum of Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789, collected in Catalonia, Spain, are described. Scanning electron microscopy studies revealed substantial differences in the structure of the mouth and the caudal end, which enabled us to differentiate the 2 new species from the others and from each other. KEY WORDS: Thaparia thapari thapari, Thaparia carlosfeliui sp. n., Thaparia bourgati sp. n., Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae, Testudo graeca, spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo hermanni, Hermann's tortoise, Morocco, Spain. The genus Thaparia was erected by Ortlepp (1933) for Thaparia macrospiculum Ortlepp, 1933, a parasite of the tent tortoise, Psammobates tentorius (Bell, 1828). Ortlepp (1933) gave the following diagnosis: Medium-sized worms possessing 3 lips and a relatively short esophagus consisting of an anterior muscular portion, a middle glandular portion, and a posterior bulb; excretory pore post-bulbar; lateral alae absent. Vulva approximated to anus; vagina very long; 2 uteri and 2 ovaries. Caudal extremity of male cut ventrally and continued backward to form a short truncated and alate tail. Four pairs of caudal papillae, 3 pairs circumcloacal and 1 pair toward tip of tail. Single spicule very long and stout, extending to or even anterior of the esophageal bulb. Type species T. macrospiculum from P. tentorius. Walton (1942) described a second species, Thaparia contortospicula, a parasite of the Galapagos tortoise, Geochelone nigra (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) from the Galapagos Islands. Fitzsimmons (1961) described Thaparia capensis from the South African bowsprit tortoise, Chersina angulata (Schweigger, 1812), in South Africa. Fetter (1966) described Thaparia domerguei, from the common spider tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides Bell, 1827, and the radiated tortoise, Geochelone radiata (Shaw, 1802), from Mada- Corresponding author. 169 gascar. She also transferred the species Tachygonetria thapari Dubinina, 1949, described from the Central Asian tortoise, Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844, in Afghanistan and from other Palearctic tortoises, the spur-thighed tortoise Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758, and Hermann's tortoise, Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789, to the genus Thaparia. Fetter (1966) also modified the diagnosis of the genus, which is now: Pharyngodoninae—mouth with 3 lips; short esophagus divided into 2 equal parts; 4 pairs of caudal papillae: 3 pairs at the level of the cloaca and 1 near tail extremity. Caudal alae present or absent in males. Type species: T. macrospiculum Ortlepp, 1933. Petter and Douglass (1976) described 2 additional species, T. rnacrocephala and T. microcephala, from the Bolson tortoise, Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler, 1959, in Mexico. Baker (1987) cited the 7 species above plus 3 subspecies of T. thapari, following Petter (1966) (Thaparia thapari thapari (Dubinina, 1949), Thaparia thapari australis (Petter, 1966), and Johnson (1973a) (Thaparia thapari lysavyi Johnson, 1973, from Testudo hermanni from Albania). The 7 species of Thaparia are distributed in 5 biogeographical regions. In this study, we describe 2 new species of Thaparia from a testudinid species and emend the diagnosis of the genus. Materials and Methods A first collection of nematode parasites from 18 specimens of Testudo graeca from Settat, Morocco Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington
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