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A New Tapeworm, Inermicapsifer rhodesiensis sp. nov. from a Scaly Ant-eater, Manis temminckii, in Southern Rhodesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

D. F. Mettrick
D. F. Mettrick
Affiliation:
From the Department of Zoology, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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Abstract

Four worms were recovered from the intestine of a Scaly Anteater, Manis temminckii, examined in this Department in August, 1958. They appear to represent a new species for which I propose the name Inermicapsifer rhodesiensis.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , December 1959 , pp. 273 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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