Vol. 41 No. 1, 2002

Taxonomic Studies of Parasitic Nyctotherans from Chinese Anura Amphibians III. Wichtermania

Wu-Han Xiao, Jian-Guo Wang* and Lian-Xiang Li

Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China

Wu-Han Xiao, Jian-Guo Wang and Lian-Xiang Li (2002) This paper describes 6 new species belonging to the genus Wichtermania from Anura amphibians distributed in southern China. The 6 species are Wichtermania multigranularis sp. nov., W. oviformis sp. nov., W. vesiformis sp. nov., W. reticulatis sp. nov., W. granuliformis sp. nov., and W. obliquoides sp. nov. The characteristics for diagnosis of the 6 new species are described in this paper.

Key words: Anura amphibian, Wichtermania, Taxonomy, New species.

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