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Description of a new species of Rhabdias Stiles and Hassall, 1905 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Western Himalayan foothills (Uttarakhand), India

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Rhabdias garhwalensis sp. nov. from the lungs of Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Günther, 1864) collected in Kimoi Tehsil, district Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand), India is described and illustrated. Rhabdias garhwalensis sp. nov. represents the 15th species described from the Oriental zoogeographical zone and the 9th species from India. The new species is differentiated from the closely related Oriental species in having 6 lips, cup-shaped buccal cavity with muscular striations in the posterior region and smaller esophagus to body length ratio. In addition to the new species, a second species, Cosmocercoides bufonis Karve, 1944, was found in the large intestine of D. himalayanus.

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  1. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053, India

    Pallab Maity & Anjum N. Rizvi

  2. Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania, 16146, USA

    Charles R. Bursey

  3. Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Ballygunge, Kolkata, 700019, India

    Parthiba Basu

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Maity, P., Rizvi, A.N., Bursey, C.R. et al. Description of a new species of Rhabdias Stiles and Hassall, 1905 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Western Himalayan foothills (Uttarakhand), India. Acta Parasit. 63, 750–758 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1515/ap-2018-0089

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