Tachygonetria Wedl, 1862

Bouamer, Salah & Morand, Serge, 2005, Descriptions of two new species of the genus Tachygonetria Wedl, 1862 (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) and redescriptions of five species parasites of Palaearctic Testudinidae, Zoosystema 27 (2), pp. 193-209 : 194

Genus Tachygonetria Wedl, 1862

Tachygonetria numidica Seurat, 1918 ( Fig. 1 )

References and synonymes: see Petter 1966.

HOST. — Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 .

SITE OF INFECTION. — Large intestine.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. Settat, 7°45’30”W, 32°30’45”N, 22.VII.1999, S. Bouamer, 4, 4 ( MNHN 223HG).

REDESCRIPTION

General

Figures

FIG. 1. — Tachygonetria numidica Seurat, 1918; A, cephalic end, en face of female; B, cephalic end, en face of male; C, caudal extremity, ventral view of male; D-F, scanning electron micrograph (SEM); D, cephalic end of female; E, cephalic end of male; F, caudal extremity of male, ventral view. Abbreviations: a, cephalic arc of broad line; b, superficial opaque lips; c, subjacent trans-