| Literature DB >> 27638734 |
Monika Fajfer1, Daniel Melnikov2, Mirosława Dabert3.
Abstract
Three new species of the genus Pterygosoma Peters, 1849 parasitising lizards of the subfamily Agaminae (Squamata: Agamidae) are described: P. pallidum n. sp. from Trapelus pallidus (Merrem) and P. parasiniatum n. sp. from Pseudotrapelus cf. sinaitus (Heyden) (both from Jordan); and P. theobaldi n. sp. from Phrynocephalus theobaldi Blyth from North India. We extend the standard morphological description of the new species by using DNA barcode markers, partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) gene and the hypervariable region D2 of the nuclear 28S rRNA gene. A key to the species group inermis is constructed based on female morphology. The agamid genus Phrynocephalus Kaup, 1825 is recorded as a host of Pterygosoma for the first time.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27638734 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-016-9667-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Syst Parasitol ISSN: 0165-5752 Impact factor: 1.431