<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A new nematode species, Philometroides khalili n. sp. (Philometridae), is described from female specimens recovered from the operculum of the freshwater cyprinid fish Labeo rosae Steindachner (Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes) caught in the Bubi River, Zimbabwe. Based on light and scanning electron microscopical examination, the new species mainly differs from the only other African congeneric species P. africanus Moravec et Van As, 2001 in the body shape (filiform), length of gravid female (56 - 71 mm), in possessing a large oesophageal gland with a conspicuously large cell nucleus and in the shape (transversely oval), size (up to 33 - 36 μm high) and distribution of cuticular bosses. From other congeners it differs by a combination of morphological and biometrical features</p></abstract>

A new nematode species, Philometroides khalili n. sp. (Philometridae), is described from female specimens recovered from the operculum of the freshwater cyprinid fish Labeo rosae Steindachner (Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes) caught in the Bubi River, Zimbabwe. Based on light and scanning electron microscopical examination, the new species mainly differs from the only other African congeneric species P. africanus Moravec et Van As, 2001 in the body shape (filiform), length of gravid female (56 - 71 mm), in possessing a large oesophageal gland with a conspicuously large cell nucleus and in the shape (transversely oval), size (up to 33 - 36 μm high) and distribution of cuticular bosses. From other congeners it differs by a combination of morphological and biometrical features

Philometroides khalili n. sp., a new philometrid nematode (Philometridae) from the operculum of the cyprinid fish Labeo rosae in Zimbabwe

Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Turfloop Campus, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa

Helminthologia

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A new nematode species, Philometroides khalili n. sp. (Philometridae), is described from female specimens recovered from the operculum of the freshwater...

Philometroides khalili n. sp., a new philometrid nematode (Philometridae) from the operculum of the cyprinid fish Labeo rosae in Zimbabwe

Published Online: Apr 18, 2015

Page range: 113 - 117

Received: Oct 20, 2014

Accepted: Dec 15, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0020

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