Summary
Fourteen of the 20 species recorded from Africa are resdescribed and illustrated. Of the remaining six species, four, namely, Cooperia borgesi, C. hippotragusi, C. minor and C. reduncai are considered species inquirendae and one, C. africana, is a possible synonym of C. punctata. The validity of C. oncophora and C. surnabada is discussed. A key to 16 species is given.
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Gibbons, L.M. Revision of the African species of the genus Cooperia Ransom, 1907 (nematoda, trichostrongylidae). Syst Parasitol 2, 219–252 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009344
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