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Observations on the genus Indiana Chakravarty, 1943 (Oxyurida: Pulchrocephalidae)

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Indiana gryllotalpae is redescribed from the gut of a mole-cricket, Scapteriscus sp., from Trinidad. The structure of the cephalic umbraculum (comprising 6 major and 6 minor cuticular elements extending back from the setulose lip region) is described in detail by use of both light and scanning electron microscopy. I. gryllotalpae of Bain (1965) is regarded as a synonym of I. coimbatoriensis Latheef & Seshadri, 1972. ac]19820729

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Hunt, D.J. Observations on the genus Indiana Chakravarty, 1943 (Oxyurida: Pulchrocephalidae). Syst Parasitol 5, 215–221 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009353

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