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The study presents the first description of male specimen (allotype) of the pinworm species Lemuricola (Lemuricola) pongoi, parasitising Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) from Sumatra (Indonesia). The male specimen morphology presents all features fully corresponding with diagnose of the genus and subgenus Lemuricola. We are agreeing that Protenterobius is synonymous with Lemuricola because the length of tail appendix in males is not a sufficient feature for separation of the genera or subgenera. For L. (L.) pongoi male are characteristic features: body length (4,803 µm), total oesophagus length (530), tail length (235), tip of tail length (188) and spicule length (90).
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Authors would like to thank the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and PHKA for the research permit to work in Gunung Leuser National Park. The study was financially supported by the Foundation “UMI–Saving of Pongidae” Parasites and Natural Antiparasitics in Orangutan and by the Research Project of Masaryk University no. MSM0021622416. The author would also like to thank anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.
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Foitová, I., Baruš, V., Koubková, B. et al. Description of Lemuricola (Lemuricola) pongoi—male (Nematoda: Enterobiinae) parasitising orangutan Pongo abelii . Parasitol Res 106, 817–820 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-1732-2
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