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Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp.
Volume 49, Number 3, 1974
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Page(s) | 337 - 342 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1974493337 | |
Published online | 11 October 2017 |
Mémoire
Haematoloechus combesi n. sp. (Trematoda, Haematoloechidae), parasite d’Amphibiens Anoures au Togo
Haematoloechus combesi n. sp. (Trematoda, Haematoloechidae), parasite of Anura Amphibians in Togo
Département de Biologie animale, Centre Universitaire, avenue de Villeneuve, F 66000 Perpignan et Ecole des Sciences, Université du Bénin, B.P. 1515, Lomé, Togo.
H. combesi, parasite pulmonaire de Conraua derooi, se caractérise par la forme générale du corps, le rapport ventousaire (2,7), l’ovaire et les testicules faiblement lobés, le fort développement vers l’avant des boucles utérines extracæcales et l’extension des vitellogènes dans la région post-testiculaire. L’ensemble de ces caractères permettent de distinguer H. combesi des autres espèces africaines du genre Haematoloechus, la plus voisine d’entre elles étant H. darcheni, parasite de Conraua crassipes au Gabon.
Abstract
H. combesi, a lung parasite of Conraua derooi is characterized by general body shape, ratio of sucker diameters (2,7), slightly lobate ovary and testes, advanced development at the front of the uterine extra-cæcal loops, and extension of the vitelline glands into the post-testicular area. All these characters enable H. combesi to be distinguished from the other african species of the genus Haematoloechus, the closest of which is H. darcheni, a parasite of Conraua crassipes in Gabon.
© Masson, Paris 1974, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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