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From: Description of a new species of Aplectana (Nematoda: Ascaridomorpha: Cosmocercidae) using an integrative approach and preliminary phylogenetic study of Cosmocercidae and related taxa

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Scanning electron micrographs of Aplectana xishuangbannaensis n. sp. collected from Polypedates megacephalus (Hallowell) (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Yunnan Province, China. a Cephalic end of female (somatic papillae (black arrows) and amphids (white arrows) arrowed), subapical view. b Anterior part of male (somatic papillae (black arrows) and lateral ala (white arrow) arrowed), lateral view. c Magnified image of somatic papilla and longitudinal stockade-like ornamentation of cuticle of female. d Cephalic end of male (inner flanges arrowed), subapical view. e Posterior end of male (precloacal papillae arrowed), lateral view. f Tail of male (lateral ala arrowed), lateral view. g Tail of male (four pairs of postcloacal papillae arrowed), ventro-lateral view. h Magnified image of single, median precloacal papilla. i Tail of female (somatic papillae arrowed), ventral view

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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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