Description of a new species of Heligmonina Baylis, 1928 (Nematoda: Heligmonellidae) a parasite of Mastomys natalensis (Rodentia: Muridae) from Swaziland and new data on the synlophe of Heligmonina chabaudi (Desset, 1966)

A new species of heligmosomoid nematode belonging to the subfamily Nippostrongylinae Durette-Desset, 1970 is described: Heligmonina wakelini n. sp., a parasite from the small intestine of the commensal rodent Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834) from Swaziland. It differs from the most closely related...

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Main Authors: Durette-Desset M.C., Digiani M.C., Mahlaba T., Behnke J.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2007-12-01
Series:Parasite
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2007144271