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Redescription of Meteterakis striatura Oshmarin & Demshin, 1972 (Heterakidae: Meteterakinae) from a geoemydid tortoise in China with comments on the genus

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S.V. Malysheva Open the ORCID record for S.V. Malysheva [Opens in a new window]  and
E.A. Sokolova Open the ORCID record for E.A. Sokolova [Opens in a new window]
S.V. Malysheva*
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Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prospect 33, Moscow, 119071, Russian Federation
E.A. Sokolova
Affiliation:
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prospect 33, Moscow, 119071, Russian Federation
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Corresponding author: S.V. Malysheva; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Meteterakis striatura Oshmarin & Demshin, 1972 is redescribed from the posterior intestine of tropical tortoise Geoemyda spengleri (Gmelin, 1789) (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from China. Some characteristic features of the male reproductive system not reported previously are now reported for the present species. These include the presence of two blind diverticula near the mid-region of the seminal vesicle and a small cuticular structure near the opening of the cloaca – which we propose to name the ‘scutum.’ The morphological function and diagnostic value of these characters as well as presence of gubernaculum or ‘gubernacular mass’ in examined representatives of the genus, including paratype specimens of M. amamiensis Hasegawa, 1990 and M. ishikawanae Hasegawa, 1987 is discussed. Illustrative material is supplemented with scanning electron microscope and light microscope images of adult males and females. The molecular characterization of the species is inferred from 18S and 28S rDNA. The taxonomic composition of the genus Meteterakis is discussed and the full list of species with taxonomic remarks is updated.

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Geoemyda spengleriMeteterakisnematodaparasitesphylogenyReptiliataxonomy
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 98 , 2024 , e87
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