Tachygonetria khallaayounei, Bouamer & Morand, 2005

Bouamer, Salah & Morand, Serge, 2005, Descriptions of two new species of the genus Tachygonetria Wedl, 1862 (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) and redescriptions of five species parasites of Palaearctic Testudinidae, Zoosystema 27 (2), pp. 193-209 : 205

Tachygonetria khallaayounei n. sp.

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HOST. — Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 .

SITE OF INFECTION. — Large intestine.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Morocco. Settat, 7°45’30”W, 32°30’45”N, 22.VII.1999, S. Bouamer, holotype, allotype, 4 paratypes, 4 paratypes ( MNHN 229HG).

ETYMOLOGY. — The species is named in honour of Dr Khalid Khallaayoune, Institut agronomique et vétérinaire, Rabat, Morocco.

DESCRIPTION

General

Figures

FIG. 7. — Tachygonetria khallaayounei n. sp.; A, cephalic end, en face of female; B, cephalic end, en face of male; C, caudal extremity, ventral view of male; D-F, scanning electron micrograph (SEM); D, cephalic end of female; E, cephalic end of male; F, caudal