Intraspecific variation in adult Uvitellina iraquensis Dronen, Ali & Al-Amura, 2013 (Cyclocoelidae: Haematotrephinae) from two collection sites of white-tailed lapwing, Vanellus leucurus (Lichtenstein) (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae), in Iraq
Author
Dronen, Norman O.
Author
Al-Kassar, Nothiala R.
Author
Ali, Atheer H.
Author
Abdulhameed, Mohanad F.
Author
Abdullah, Basim H.
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Al-Mayah, Sabeeh H.
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Zootaxa
2017
4242
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4242.1.1
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Uvitellina iraquensis
Dronen,
Ali & Al-Amura, 2013
Host:
white-tailed lapwing or plover,
Vanellus leucurus
(Lichtenstein) (Charadriidae)
.
Site of infection in hosts:
air sacs.
Locality
for site #1:
Huwazah Marsh
, north-eastern
Basrah Province
near the
Majnoon area
, southern
Iraq
(
31° 10′ N
47° 39′ E
).
Dates of collections at site #1:
February–March, 2011 and October, 2011.
Prevalence for site #1:
42% (5 of 12) and 43% (3 of 7), respectively.
Mean intensity for site #1:
7.8 and 10.3, respectively.
Deposited specimens from site #1:
NHMUK 2012. 7.
13.1; 2012.7.13.2-3; 2012.7.13.4-6; 2016.11.25.1-8.
Locality
for site #2:
Al-Hammar Marshes
,
Thi-Qar Province
, southern,
Iraq
(
30°48′ N
47°1′E
).
Date of collections at site #2:
July–November, 2012.
Prevalence for site #2:
18% (11 of 60).
Mean intensity for site #2:
2.9.
Deposited specimens from site #2:
NHMUK 2016.11.
25. 9-23
.