. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. NEMATODE PARASITES OF BIRDS 347 TETRAMERES GYNAECOPHILA (Molin, 1858, emend. Diesing, 1861) Travassos, 1914d Synonyms.—Tropidocerca gynecophila Molin, 1858; Tropidocerca gynaecophila Diesing, 1861. Hosts.—Primary: Ardea nycticorax and Nycticorax nycticorax; secondary: Unknown; probably similar in a general way to that of T. fissispina (p. 343). Location.—Proventriculus. Morphology.—Tetrameres (p. 334). Male mm. (Seurat) or 10 mm. long (Molin) by 600/* wide. Body without spines; curved in a circle. Cervical papillae situated far in front
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. NEMATODE PARASITES OF BIRDS 347 TETRAMERES GYNAECOPHILA (Molin, 1858, emend. Diesing, 1861) Travassos, 1914d Synonyms.—Tropidocerca gynecophila Molin, 1858; Tropidocerca gynaecophila Diesing, 1861. Hosts.—Primary: Ardea nycticorax and Nycticorax nycticorax; secondary: Unknown; probably similar in a general way to that of T. fissispina (p. 343). Location.—Proventriculus. Morphology.—Tetrameres (p. 334). Male mm. (Seurat) or 10 mm. long (Molin) by 600/* wide. Body without spines; curved in a circle. Cervical papillae situated far in front of the nerve ring, 122 and 133/* respectively from the anterior extremity of the body. Excretory pore posterior to nerve ring, in median ventral line, 280/* from anterior extremity. Buccal capsule 21/* long, conical. Pharynx 265/* long. Nerve ring situated posterior to middle of pharynx. Esophagus 1 mm. long. Intestine maroon-colored, forming a cul-de-sac in its posterior portion. Rec-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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