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*On Two Helminths from the Orang Utan, Leipertrema rewelli n.g., n.sp. and Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

A. A. Sandosham
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, LondonSchool of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Extract

1. A new Dicrocoelid trematode, Leipertrema rewelli n.g., n.sp., from the pancreas of an Orang Utan which died in the London Zoological Gardens, is described, and the relationships to other genera are discussed.

2. A male and female Dirofilaria from the peritoneal cavity of the Orang Utan are described and identified as D. immitis (Leidy, 1856).

3. Reasons are advanced for the view that D. pongoi Vogel and Vogelsang, 1980, is a synonym of D. immitis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1951

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