Zoology Faculty Work
Title
Description of a New Species of Thelastoma Leidy, 1849 (Nematoda: Oxyurida: Thelastomatidae) from the Millipede Euryurus leachii (Gray, 1832) in Ohio, USA
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publication Title
Comparative Parasitology
Volume Number
74
Issue Number
2
DOI
10.1654/4276.1
Abstract
Thelastoma krausi n. sp. is described based on specimens from the hindgut of Euryurus leachii (Gray, 1832) collected in central Ohio, U.S.A. Females of this species have the excretory pore located at the point of the esophageal bulb and have a longer tail than that of several other species. In comparison to species that also share these characters, no other species shares similar anatomical dimensions. In most similar species, the female esophageal length is longer than that of T. krausi n. sp. The female tail length is also longer than that of many similar species. The males of T. krausi n. sp. lack lateral alae and have an arrangement of papillae around the genital cone, including only a single postcloacal papilla, which varies from that of other described species.
ISSN
1525-2647
First Page
211
Last Page
217
Recommended Citation
Carreno, Ramon A., "Description of a New Species of Thelastoma Leidy, 1849 (Nematoda: Oxyurida: Thelastomatidae) from the Millipede Euryurus leachii (Gray, 1832) in Ohio, USA" (2007). Zoology Faculty Work. 80.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/zool_pubs/80
Link Out URL
https://doi.org/10.1654/4276.1