Ophiotaenia saphena Osler, 1931

Xue, Xiao-Feng, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2010, Five new species of Anthocoptini from China (Acari: Eriophyidae), Zootaxa 2544, pp. 1-53 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15468/um2vzb
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5310293
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/006D2C05-387E-AE06-FF63-6FFFFB5FFB3E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ophiotaenia saphena Osler, 1931
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Ophiotaenia saphena Osler, 1931 View in CoL

Site of infection: intestine.

Recruitment: ingestion.

Distribution: Canada: New Brunswick ( McAlpine 1997a 1997b, 1998; McAlpine & Burt 1998a; NBM). USA: Nebraska ( Brooks et al. 2006a); North Carolina ( Brandt 1936).

Specimens in collections: NBM: 1402, 1404, 1406.

Remarks: This species is a common parasite of Lithobates clamitans ( Muzzall 2005) .