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Issue: Vol. 4990 No. 2: 21 Jun. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.13
Page range: 394–400
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A new species of Spinicauda (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from Gonocephalus kuhlii (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Ciremai Mountain, Java-Indonesia

Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Zoology Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Widyasatwaloka Building, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km 46, Cibinong-Indonesia
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Zoology Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Widyasatwaloka Building, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km 46, Cibinong-Indonesia
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Zoology Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Widyasatwaloka Building, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km 46, Cibinong-Indonesia
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biology, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146, USA.
agamid lizard Java new species Spinicauda ciremaiensis sp. nov. Nematoda Reptilia

Abstract

Spinicauda ciremaiensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from the large intestine of Gonocephalus kuhlii (Reptilia: Agamidae) collected in Gunung Ciremai National Park, West Java, Indonesia is described and illustrated. Of the five described species of Spinicauda from the Oriental region, Spinicauda ciremaiensis sp. nov. comes closest to S. sumatrana in having 14 pairs of caudal papillae and the presence of a tail filament. However, the new species differs from S. sumatrana in the longer spicula, smaller eggs, and weak sclerotization of the gubernaculum. S. ciremaiensis sp. nov. is also the only species belonging to the genus Spinicauda which has a sclerotized accessories piece of gubernaculum. A key to the species of Spinicauda is also provided. [http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:785F2D63-E5EB-4E4C-A7E1-7F7E7AD7C392]

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