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Vol. 41 No. 3, 2002
Meristocotyle provitellaria sp. nov. (Digenea: Meristocotylidae) from Varanus salvator in China
Wei Liu1, Qing-Kui Li2, Hsiu-Hui Shih3 and Zhao-Zhi Qiu1,*
1Department of Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
2Tianjin Natural History Museum, Tianjin 300074, China
3Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 106
Wei Liu, Qing-Kui Li, Hsiu-Hui Shih and Zhao-Zhi Qiu (2002) Meristocotyle provitellaria sp. nov., from the lungs and gastrointestinal track of Varanus salvator from Guangxi Province, China, is described. Compared with M. varani,
the only other species in the family Meristocotylidae, the new species
is smaller; its vitelline follicles are distributed only
preacetabularly; its testes are diagonal; and its ovary and Mehlis's
gland are in a more posterior position. Accordingly, diagnoses of the
family Meristocotylidae and the genus Meristocotyle are revised.
Key words: New species, Meristocotyle, Meristocotylidae, Digenetic trematode, Monitor.
*Correspondence: Tel: 86-22-23504391. E-mail: Qiuzhzh@263.net
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