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<taxonomicName id="C26EF5056D3E62030FC7098683B7F2CE" LSID="http://zoobank.org/51F7462B-95D2-43AD-A4DA-0ECBD7E019FA" family="Heterakidae" genus="Meteterakis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteterakis formosensis" order="Nematoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" rank="species" species="formosensis">Meteterakis formosensis</taxonomicName>
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Fig. 2
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<paragraph id="BA526355D36C0586FA72777038DEE132" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">
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sp. 3;
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: figs 2, 3 (in part), table 1 (in part).
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<subSubSection id="101572364B0B47A025B55E889A5C41A6" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" type="type material">
<paragraph id="C8FD069BB6E7C87BC31B736080F35F29" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Type materials.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D0D376C39D5888D6E36500E92880B32C" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">
Holotype: KUZ Z1779, whole specimen, adult male, obtained from the rectum of a
<taxonomicName id="4D9DC34798C58E34B690126970EAAEB6" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plestiodon chinensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chinensis">Plestiodon chinensis</taxonomicName>
specimen (KUZ R69425), collected from Mt. Guanyinshan, Bali District, New Taipei City, Taiwan (
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,
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; elevation 199 m) (site 10 in Fig. 1) on 20 March 2013. Paratypes: KUZ Z1777, Z1778, Z1783, Z1992 and Z1993, whole specimens, five adult males; KUZ Z1780-Z1782, three adult females, obtained from the same host specimen of the holotype; KUZ Z1994, one prepared slide of male spicules; and KUZ Z1995, a section of the anterior end and a remaining body (KUZ Z1994 is also derived from this individual), obtained from the same host specimen of the holotype.
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<paragraph id="F04E9F712423895B648A7847F787D4E2" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Additional material.</paragraph>
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The following scincid lizard specimens, which were collected from Taiwan, were also dissected to reveal the geographic range of the new Taiwanese taxon:
<taxonomicName id="D08DF407CAC552871EF58FE136DC65AF" lsidName="P. chinensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" rank="species" species="chinensis">P. chinensis</taxonomicName>
from Taipei City (KUZ R51443, R51444 and R51449-R51453), from New Taipei City (KUZ R46132, R46134 and R46136-R46139), and from Miaoli County (KUZ R70946, R70948-R70951, R70953 and R70963);
<taxonomicName id="7D4E0F03225732042A41DB8169E7E199" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plestiodon leucostictus" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucostictus">Plestiodon leucostictus</taxonomicName>
(Hikida, 1988) from Hualien City, Hualien County (KUZ R69421 and R69424);
<taxonomicName id="2413D2FDAD15761F5482C1EECE823F2B" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plestiodon elegans" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">Plestiodon elegans</taxonomicName>
(Thompson, 1912) from Taipei City (KUZ R66354), from the Xindian District, New Taipei City (KUZ R30191, R36205), from Miaoli County (KUZ R50394, R70957 and R70964), from Yilan County, (KUZ R36552), and from Tainan City (KUZ R70090 and R70091); and
<taxonomicName id="5691D46EE7DA7E3BC87B2797FC158D73" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Eutropis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eutropis longicaudata" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longicaudata">Eutropis longicaudata</taxonomicName>
(Hallowell, 1857) from Tainan City, (KUZ R70089). One
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-like specimen (KUZ Z2021) was obtained from a
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specimen (KUZ R70948).
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<paragraph id="46B4B94723166B8137464364D01FF8B3" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Type locality.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4A1ADE4649BC7247DE647B8DE33914B5" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Taiwan, New Taipei City: Bali District, Mt. Guanyinshan.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6EA14223571569ED9B30C4F8C4D5959F" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Type host.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="66A95094DA8101395431585A4FE93DC4" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">
<taxonomicName id="FAB8E368DB2F9E246F4A3F76A8544A65" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plestiodon chinensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chinensis">Plestiodon chinensis</taxonomicName>
(Gray, 1838) (
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,
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); site of infection: rectum and small intestine.
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<paragraph id="64637DDAB6DF4CC88F06C3962DE6E32F" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0AEAC1623CBBFA2392CAAF3879EF15B7" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Relatively stout body, with narrow lateral and caudal alae; lateral alae commencing from region anterior to nerve ring or front end of nerve ring in both sexes and ending at region near proximal end of spicule in male (never reaching region of preclocal sucker) or at region anterior to anus in female. Prevulval flap present and well developed in female. Gubernacular mass absent. Spicules with thin alae, funnel-shaped proximal ends, hyaline tips, and both proximal and distal ends bent ventrally. Right spicule, 437-510 long; left spicule 457-537 long. Each spicule with thick and long cuticular backing structures, not covered by cuticular pouch. Caudal papillae present in male, 8-13 (N=4) pairs with additional papillae: 12-15 (N=4) on right side; 9-15 (N=5) on left side.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F561E7C1DE8E7F5653867D03BDB2E082" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="99021E1801347ECC7EA9E296D2520368" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">The specific name is an adjective, derived from the old name for Taiwan, which is the type locality of the new species.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD7EC9BA843D5AC966EF134DB106F2C" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="33CC257F10EB4BC6159741061D2EDE19" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">General. Body short and relatively stout with tapered extremities. Cephalic end with 3 lips, each lip with 2 minute apical papillae. Dorsal lip with a pair of cephalic papillae (each papilla with 2 minute papillae); each subventral lip with single papilla (each papilla with 2 minute papillae), 1 amphid and 1 smaller papillae. Flanges in inner edge of each lip unobservable. Esophagus comprise of pharynx, cylindrical portion and bulb. Bulb bearing three valves. lateral alae commencing from region anterior to nerve ring or front end of nerve ring in both sexes and ending at region near proximal end of spicule in male (never reaching region of preclocal sucker) or at region anterior to anus in female.</paragraph>
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Male (N=6; KUZ Z1777-Z1779, Z1783, Z1992 and Z1993). Body length 5.03 mm (4.84-5.67 mm), maximum width 206 (151-228). Body length/body width =
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(24.8-36.3). Diameter of head 46 (38-50). Total length of esophagus 724 (681-774) long with width of 36 (31-44) at cylindrical portion. Body length/esophagus length = 7.0 (7.0-7.8). Pharynx 47 (34-45) long, bulb 85 (79-95) long by 110 (91-114) wide. Grooves between lips shallow and 8.2 (7.5-9.3) long. Nerve ring and excretory pore 221 (207-243) and 396 (337-400), respectively, from cephalic end. Spicules equal or slightly different, with narrow alae, strongly chitinized, tessellated from 153 (120-141) from proximal end to distal end in right spicule (i.e. corresponding to 68.1% [68.3%-75.7%] of total length), and from 66 (95-159) to distal end in left spicule (i.e. corresponding to 86.8% [65.2%-81.9%] of total length); both proximal and distal ends bent ventrally, with wide funnel-shaped proximal ends, and pointed hyaline distal ends. Right spicule 480 (437-510) long (i.e. corresponding to 9.5% [8.0%-9.8%] of body length), left spicule 500 (457-537) (i.e. corresponding to 9.9% [8.3%-10.5%] of body length). Each spicule with thick and long cuticular backing structure, not covered by cuticular pouch. Gubernacular mass absent. Narrow caudal alae present, supported by three pairs of large papillae. Caudal papillae present, 13 (8-13) (N=4) pairs with additional papillae: 13 (12-15) (N=4) on right side; 15 (9-15) (N=5) on left side. Occasionally, single median papilla present. Among 13 (8-13) pairs: 1-4 pairs anterior to preclocal sucker; 2 large pairs supporting caudal alae around sucher; 1-3 small pairs around sucker; 0-2 pairs between sucker and cloaca; 1 large pair supporting caudal alae at lateral to posterior cloacal lip; 0-1 pair immediately posterior to posterior cloacal lip; and 0-2 pairs in caudal region. Precloacal sucker 47 (35-47) in diameter, 54 (26-50) from cloaca. Posterior cloacal lip developed. Tail bent ventrally, conical with pointed tip, and 304 (238-315) long. Body length/tail length = 16.6 (15.4-23.0).
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<paragraph id="F7193254E8CD7F6A7238D03610F0A379" pageId="1" pageNumber="340">Female (N=3; KUZ Z1780-Z1782). Body length 6.05 mm (5.56-6.30 mm), and maximum width 224 (200-244). Body length/body width = 27.0 (25.8-27.8). Diameter of head 51 (49-52). Total length of esophagus 783 (753-806) long with width of 45 (39-50) at cylindrical portion. Body length/esophagus length = 7.7 (7.0-8.4). Pharynx 51 (38-61) long; bulb 95 (91-99) long by 108 (104-114) wide. Grooves between lips shallow and 8.5 (7.2-9.4) long. Nerve ring and excretory pore 230 (228-232) and 367 (359-372), respectively, from cephalic end. Vulva 2.71 mm (2.44-2.87 mm) from cephalic end, and located at anterior to middle of body (44.8% [43.9%-45.6%] of body length). Prevulval flap well developed. Vagina muscular running posteriorly. Tail long conical, slightly bent ventrally, and 560 (518-583) long. Body length/tail length = 10.8 (10.7-10.9). Eggs elliptical, 60 (49-68) by 41 (34-51) (N=29), thick shelled, containing morula stage embryos.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="10DC40F5E13152791B7073A71E0C4B77" pageId="1" pageNumber="340">Occurrence.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D6E73992FF44F93319CE78F7B7B9DCA" pageId="1" pageNumber="340">
This new species was located on Mt. Guanyinshan, Bali District, New Taipei City, Taiwan (type locality) (site 10 in Fig. 1). Although a
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-like specimen (KUZ Z2021) with undeveloped spicules was obtained from the rectum of a
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specimen (KUZ R70948) from Miaoli County, Taiwan, its taxonomic account is unclear.
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is the only known host of this species.
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<paragraph id="5FAE5E854A2F6EDDC9C975693930FF14" pageId="1" pageNumber="340">Comparisons.</paragraph>
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This new species can be discriminated from almost half of the other
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species by the lengths of the spicules. Because
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sp. n. has spicules that are 437-537
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in length, it can be distinguished from the following eight congeners, which are diagnosed by their spicules longer than 600
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:
<taxonomicName id="E26A66D9E2A0C7FBF413AE90948F89F4" lsidName="M. aurangabadensis" pageId="1" pageNumber="340" rank="species" species="aurangabadensis">M. aurangabadensis</taxonomicName>
Deshmukh &amp; Choudhari, 1980 (620-720
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),
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Naidu &amp; Thakare, 1981 (660-840
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),
<taxonomicName id="3E0B791528DA908469FE8410505F20C7" lsidName="M. longispiculata" pageId="1" pageNumber="340" rank="species" species="longispiculata">M. longispiculata</taxonomicName>
(Baylis, 1929) (630-680
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),
<taxonomicName id="36C4DAAD3C6B39D6E21EC93CAB0DBDDD" lsidName="M. louisi" pageId="1" pageNumber="340" rank="species" species="louisi">M. louisi</taxonomicName>
Inglis, 1958 (970-1100
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),
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(Sandosham, 1953) (740-960
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),
<taxonomicName id="EF6E36476C2572884FA1379D5AF037CB" lsidName="M. striaturus" pageId="1" pageNumber="340" rank="species" species="striaturus">M. striaturus</taxonomicName>
Oshmarin &amp; Demshin, 1972 (680
<normalizedToken id="2C7DEC8AB4C46B4961E969DD9392A6A9" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
),
<taxonomicName id="43826F9D8D9FE1198D6C45AD367ED1C2" lsidName="M. vaucheri" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="vaucheri">
<pageBreakToken id="284DAA32F006BE4314550992005384F4" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" start="start">M</pageBreakToken>
. vaucheri
</taxonomicName>
Adamson, 1986 (1057-1242
<normalizedToken id="7B54C50952A1C8E8A51E9EE13A942AA6" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
) and
<taxonomicName id="C93BEEB43BEB2F4D90E227595138F9AD" lsidName="M. wangi" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="wangi">M. wangi</taxonomicName>
Zhang &amp; Zhang, 2011 (740-930
<normalizedToken id="33A7F98B16E55BA5E303075FB16AFB17" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
). This new species is also distinguishable from
<taxonomicName id="7DC04B3B59FB32461029EA777E2575DE" lsidName="M. bufonis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="bufonis">M. bufonis</taxonomicName>
(Biswas &amp; Chakravarty, 1963) (left, 270
<normalizedToken id="D92F5067A3F6E70C5151BA9DC904BBD1" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; right, 310
<normalizedToken id="738E2AA46CF83885C0909B28F120081A" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
),
<taxonomicName id="B52F8693661198759C0C2026E2FEEC1F" lsidName="M. gambhiri" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="gambhiri">M. gambhiri</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation id="F4E9E390DB42FC40087EFE7AC970DB1D" author="Gambhir, RK" journalOrPublisher="Flora and Fauna" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="57 - 59" title="A new species of the genus Meteterakis Karve, 1930 (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from Bufomelanostictus Schneider." volume="12" year="2006">Gambhir et al., 2006</bibRefCitation>
(220-270
<normalizedToken id="E658709C4DBBB2B9C87D9860850CC822" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
),
<taxonomicName id="ABA8F721E82D36A33C1342185CA79205" lsidName="M. govindi" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="govindi">M. govindi</taxonomicName>
(180-270
<normalizedToken id="AD18734CDF37CFA61414F5A1AEC86A41" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
;
<bibRefCitation id="B63D226854B39F5A9D7A40BA4506E231" author="Karve, JN" journalOrPublisher="Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="481 - 491" title="Some parasitic nematodes of frogs and toads." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1930.11684653" volume="24" year="1930">Karve 1930</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="981EAE5C6195C335EB68F82167EAE58A" author="Inglis, WG" journalOrPublisher="Parasitology" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="9 - 31" title="A revision of the nematode genus Meteterakis Karve, 1930." url="https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200002103X" volume="48" year="1958">Inglis 1958</bibRefCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="8D7ABD89EF94FF7F8B8B5733420AB1CC" lsidName="M. mabuyi" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="mabuyi">M. mabuyi</taxonomicName>
(Chakravarty, 1944) (300
<normalizedToken id="DD5985356C7FE5C7E5443CC67333118D" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
), because its spicules are longer than 400
<normalizedToken id="F83C1B06D556E3E4C5058D1A6B1C5161" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
. Moreover, the new species differs from
<taxonomicName id="14FE9B9A6CFD97490F5F610CA6301CC9" lsidName="M. lyriocephali" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="lyriocephali">M. lyriocephali</taxonomicName>
(Crusz &amp; Ching, 1975) because the spicules are similar in length on the left (457-537
<normalizedToken id="D21A5A73138ED945D03780B3D7F4588F" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
) and right (437-510
<normalizedToken id="9A8891740F979DCF9999572F7B526037" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
) sides (in
<taxonomicName id="0294F9BCAA3DE142A76E325C639F3D6B" lsidName="M. lyriocephali" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="lyriocephali">M. lyriocephali</taxonomicName>
: left, 595-754
<normalizedToken id="B367090B751B3BC5E0F8524EEB3FA469" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; right, 340-561
<normalizedToken id="DE3908348A681AA67FC97DEF56BC5C18" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="26DC60F15EFC7D0ADEB87A48E3C17148" pageId="2" pageNumber="341">
In addition to the spicule length, the new species is distinguishable from the eight congeners by the following characteristics of spicules: proximal end wide, funnel-shaped and ventrally bent vs. proximal end slightly widened in
<taxonomicName id="0559F88D0093A6F32268169019FDC73B" lsidName="M. ishikawanae" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="ishikawanae">M. ishikawanae</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6E9C5259F1EA2DE007D582EE020C6E1B" author="Hasegawa, H" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="237 - 241" title="Meteterakisishikawanae sp. n. (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from the frogs, Ranaishikawae, on Okinawa Island, Japan." volume="54" year="1987">Hasegawa 1987</bibRefCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="1285B9C46460D09F8C2C5DB407B67366" lsidName="M. wonosoboensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="wonosoboensis">M. wonosoboensis</taxonomicName>
Purwaningshi, 2015 or vs. proximal end straight in
<taxonomicName id="33758D34D3998792A08C95FF6B2F5458" lsidName="M. guptai" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="guptai">M. guptai</taxonomicName>
Gupta &amp; Naiyer, 1993 and
<taxonomicName id="C77CE9E68DC8512CB4FE90438ABE766C" lsidName="M. triaculeata" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="triaculeata">M. triaculeata</taxonomicName>
(Kreis, 1933) (
<bibRefCitation id="807FD84AD150BFB8499D1C570CA70B6B" author="Inglis, WG" journalOrPublisher="Parasitology" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="9 - 31" title="A revision of the nematode genus Meteterakis Karve, 1930." url="https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200002103X" volume="48" year="1958">Inglis 1958</bibRefCitation>
); surface smooth, vs. rough surface in
<taxonomicName id="9EAF5F40A4E686AFE223DDADBCB95059" lsidName="M. saotomensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="saotomensis">M. saotomensis</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation id="FD1A199D02B6205D272D2CE57BB176AD" author="Junker, K" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Parasitology" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="131 - 139" title="Meteterakissaotomensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from Schistometopumthomense (Bocage) (Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) on Sao Tome Island." url="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-015-9588-6" volume="92" year="2015">Junker et al., 2015</bibRefCitation>
; and spicule alae narrow vs. wider in
<taxonomicName id="BBB67B6C079A4683A871CC386536BACC" lsidName="M. baylisi" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="baylisi">M. baylisi</taxonomicName>
Inglis, 1958,
<taxonomicName id="6B80B489E8E2B5956CE688FDF35F9467" lsidName="M. crombiei" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="crombiei">M. crombiei</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation id="A11713B18E75B7626DB5D4B90F66D3EC" author="Bursey, CR" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Parasitology" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="1385 - 1394" title="Endoparasites in Sphenomorphusjobiensis (Sauria: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea with description of three new species." url="https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3502.1" volume="91" year="2005">Bursey et al., 2005</bibRefCitation>
and
<taxonomicName id="FA61FB7574EC1AB09A9E42BC15BF3125" lsidName="M. sinharajensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="sinharajensis">M. sinharajensis</taxonomicName>
Crusz &amp; Ching, 1975.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA08B377B328F0DFB2932A873A4725C9" pageId="2" pageNumber="341">
<taxonomicName id="F513944DEED6CC67A19755C7B511E960" class="Chromadorea" family="Heterakidae" genus="Meteterakis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteterakis formosensis" order="Rhabditida" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="formosensis">Meteterakis formosensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. is distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="F08C265B97E2574C0A5B4DE863585D22" lsidName="M. lombokensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="lombokensis">M. lombokensis</taxonomicName>
Purwaningshi et al., 2016 by the presence of a well-developed prevulval flap in the female. Additionally, this species possesses a 35-47
<normalizedToken id="CAB601CCD625E92F7806F82F6FB72160" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(diameter) preclocal sucker and elliptically-shaped eggs. These characteristics can be used to discriminate this new species from
<taxonomicName id="B2A25314B2630DF0420AC6601E449375" lsidName="M. andamanensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="andamanensis">M. andamanensis</taxonomicName>
Soota &amp; Chaturvedi, 1972, which has a 55-66
<normalizedToken id="56565B748600B05DD3F4F29035FAA2C4" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(diameter) preclocal sucker and spherical-shaped eggs. The number of caudal papillae (9-15) on both lateral sides of the new species can distinguish it from
<taxonomicName id="4F4E7E0DE7D31C44581F6F830ED8A478" lsidName="M. paucipapillosa" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="paucipapillosa">M. paucipapillosa</taxonomicName>
Wang, 1980 because the latter possesses only 6 caudal papillae on both lateral sides. The new taxon is clearly distinguishable form
<taxonomicName id="7A94CB59FB06B6A4F7943393D58C5FF0" lsidName="M. japonica" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="japonica">M. japonica</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="AE14F047FDB04692D10EAB9CE8DB896E" lsidName="M. hurawensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="hurawensis">M. hurawensis</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation id="07B25BE82D50276C3EB5A08DA3B22102" author="Bursey, CR" journalOrPublisher="Comparative Parasitology" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="149 - 154" title="New species of Meteterakis (Nematoda: Heterakidae) in Brachymeles spp. (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Philippines." url="https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-84.2.149" volume="84" year="2017">Bursey et al., 2017</bibRefCitation>
by the absence of a gubernacular mass (
<bibRefCitation id="3CA523286589908F317F088AD7D3842C" author="Wilkie, JS" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="606 - 614" title="Some parasitic nematodes from Japanese Amphibia." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933008673260" volume="10" year="1930">Wilkie 1930</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="6A3D295D3100B0C28BEEEB9954800E15" author="Inglis, WG" journalOrPublisher="Parasitology" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="9 - 31" title="A revision of the nematode genus Meteterakis Karve, 1930." url="https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200002103X" volume="48" year="1958">Inglis 1958</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="546AE25E1A7BCE28F4AA239906C4F36B" author="Bursey, CR" journalOrPublisher="Comparative Parasitology" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="149 - 154" title="New species of Meteterakis (Nematoda: Heterakidae) in Brachymeles spp. (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Philippines." url="https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-84.2.149" volume="84" year="2017">Bursey et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="C9210D12E699F77FACA804CA88CFAA9A" lsidName="M. formosensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="formosensis">M. formosensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. bears narrow lateral alae ending at the region near the proximal end of the spicule in the male or at the region anterior to the anus in the female. Thus, this new species differs from
<taxonomicName id="4246E90DDC98B951DA048EA0B0FEEFAF" lsidName="M. amamiensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="amamiensis">M. amamiensis</taxonomicName>
, which is diagnosed by possession of the wider lateral alae ending at the preclocal region in the male, and at the region near the posterior end in the female (
<bibRefCitation id="64F484F93EEDEF47CDC7911ABA6AE16C" author="Hasegawa, H" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo" pageId="5" pageNumber="344" pagination="83 - 92" title="Helminths collected from amphibians and reptiles on Amami-oshima Island, Japan." volume="23" year="1990">Hasegawa 1990</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="35438A2493DBCFAB1518101807752D04" pageId="2" pageNumber="341">
Morphologically,
<taxonomicName id="54CFF24C5FD17A52DF3340B3F7A6FC28" lsidName="M. formosensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="formosensis">M. formosensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. most resembles
<taxonomicName id="FC813469885F7E07E7A4558682526F1A" lsidName="M. occidentalis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="occidentalis">M. occidentalis</taxonomicName>
sp. n., which is described below, but it differs from the latter species by the female having a relatively stout body (body length/body wide: 25.8-27.8 in
<taxonomicName id="8160788490C20C6CF2122633C20DEA16" lsidName="M. formosensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="formosensis">M. formosensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. vs. 31.8-41.2 in
<taxonomicName id="F02BC305B55CA978E643F64811E78915" lsidName="M. occidentalis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="occidentalis">M. occidentalis</taxonomicName>
sp. n.), relatively longer tail length in the female (body length/tail length: 10.7-10.9 in
<taxonomicName id="606A15D9B7BA195AF735A3ABC8F1D495" lsidName="M. formosensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="formosensis">M. formosensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. vs. 13.6-17.8 in
<taxonomicName id="8C643DDD44FAAC5264B60519FEADD9F2" lsidName="M. occidentalis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="occidentalis">M. occidentalis</taxonomicName>
sp. n.), spicules with hyaline tips (lacking in
<taxonomicName id="E038E609A1A4E893F4A302E75D67DE34" lsidName="M. occidentalis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="occidentalis">M. occidentalis</taxonomicName>
sp. n.) and well-developed backing structures for spicules (undeveloped in
<taxonomicName id="F3119B66BDDDED2E76C2750B85746675" lsidName="M. occidentalis" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" rank="species" species="occidentalis">M. occidentalis</taxonomicName>
sp. n.).
</paragraph>
<caption id="9D8CACC314FD28F4E64E116CC44E90B8" pageId="2" pageNumber="341">
<paragraph id="CDA00C504BE418BB94EFFE17A410C0EC" pageId="2" pageNumber="341">
Figure 2.
<taxonomicName id="6C7CD5FDFAE523DE93326CDCAC594571" class="Chromadorea" family="Heterakidae" genus="Meteterakis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteterakis formosensis" order="Rhabditida" pageId="2" pageNumber="341" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="formosensis">Meteterakis formosensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n., holotype (KUZ Z1779: A, B, F, G), paratypes (KUZ Z1781: D, J; KUZ Z1782: E; KUZ Z1994: H, I; KUZ Z1995: C). A anterior region, lateral view; B pharynx, lateral view; C anterior end, apical view; D vulvar area of female, lateral view; E caudal region of female, lateral view; F caudal region of male, lateral view; G caudal papillae arrangement of male, lateral view; H spicule; I accessory of spicule; J egg.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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