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Spinicauda voltaensis n.sp. (Nematoda: Heterakoidea) from a toad of Upper Volta, Africa

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Spinicauda voltaensis n.sp. is described from a toad, Bufo sp., from Upper Volta, Africa. It differs from other Spinicauda spp. in the number, distribution and size of caudal papillae in males, in the lack of a gubernaculum, and in the possession of markedly elongate spicules and a relatively short male tail. S. mathevossianae Skarbilovich, 1950, is probably a synonym of Aplectana acuminata (Schrank, 1788) (Cosmocercidae). S. komodoensis Pinnell & Schmidt, 1977, is transferred to Moaciria.

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  1. Laboratoire de Zoologie (Vers), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 43, rue Cuvier, F75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    M. R. Baker & O. Bain

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Baker, M.R., Bain, O. Spinicauda voltaensis n.sp. (Nematoda: Heterakoidea) from a toad of Upper Volta, Africa. Syst Parasitol 2, 139–143 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009902

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