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A new species of Thelandros (Nematoda, Oxyuroidea, Pharyngodonidae) in Leiolepis reevesi (Sauria, Agamidae) from Vietnam

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Thelandros vietnamensis sp. nov. (Oxyuroidea, Pharyngodonidae) from the intestines of an agamid lizard, Leiolepis reevesi, collected in Vietnam is described and illustrated. Thelandros vietnamensis represents the 3rd Oriental species to be described and is distinguished from all other species by length of spicule (485–536 μm) of the male; all other species have spicules less than 200 μm.

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  1. Department of Parasitology, Institute of Ecology and Biological ResourcesCau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Bui Thi Dung

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

    Charles R. Bursey

  3. Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California, 90608, USA

    Stephen R. Goldberg

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Dung, B.T., Bursey, C.R. & Goldberg, S.R. A new species of Thelandros (Nematoda, Oxyuroidea, Pharyngodonidae) in Leiolepis reevesi (Sauria, Agamidae) from Vietnam. Acta Parasit. 54, 151–153 (2009). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-009-0019-1

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