Mediorhynchus africanus Amin, Evans, Heckmann & El-Naggar, 2013

Halajian, Ali, Smales, Lesley R., Tavakol, Sareh, Smit, Nico J. & Wilmien J. Luus-Powell,, 2018, Checklist of acanthocephalan parasites of South Africa, ZooKeys 789, pp. 1-18 : 1

Mediorhynchus africanus Amin, Evans, Heckmann & El-Naggar, 2013

Empodius segmentatus (de Marval, 1902) Southwell & Mac-Fie, 1925

Mediorhynchus selengensis Harris, 1973

M. gallinarum (Bhalerao, 1937) Van Cleave, 1947 sensu Junker & Boomker, 2006

Notes.

M. gallinarum is found only in Asia and the species in Africa is actually M. africanus ( Amin et al. 2013; Amin 2013) and not M. gallinarum previously reported in South Africa ( Junker and Boomker 2006).

Host.

Numida meleagris (L. 1758) (Helmeted Guineafowl) ( Numididae ) (type host).

Localities.

Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (type locality) ( Junker and Boomker 2006); Vicinity of Petrus Steyn, Free State Province, South Africa ( Davies et al. 2008); Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa ( Junker and Boomker 2007; Junker et al. 2008).