. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOUTH AFRICAN PARASITIC COPEPODA 225 Thiele, loc. cit. p. 17, pi. 6, figs. 26-31 (appendages). 1904. 1913. Cunnington, Proc. £ool. Soc. Lond., p. 263. 1928. Monod, loc. p. 248. 1940. Brian, Rev. £ool. Bot. Afric, xxxiii, p. 78, figs 1-3 ($). Cephalothorax subcircular. Abdominal lobes narrow, 2-2 J times as long as wide, with notch on inner margin. Flagellum (an elongate setose process attached at end of 2nd basal joint of leg on its dorsal surface) on 1st and 2nd legs only. Basal joint of 3rd l
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOUTH AFRICAN PARASITIC COPEPODA 225 Thiele, loc. cit. p. 17, pi. 6, figs. 26-31 (appendages). 1904. 1913. Cunnington, Proc. £ool. Soc. Lond., p. 263. 1928. Monod, loc. p. 248. 1940. Brian, Rev. £ool. Bot. Afric, xxxiii, p. 78, figs 1-3 ($). Cephalothorax subcircular. Abdominal lobes narrow, 2-2 J times as long as wide, with notch on inner margin. Flagellum (an elongate setose process attached at end of 2nd basal joint of leg on its dorsal surface) on 1st and 2nd legs only. Basal joint of 3rd leg £ with a scabrous papilla pointing dorsally and forwards. § 11 mm., $ 4*5 mm. (total length). Greyish or Fig. 1. Dolops ranarum (Stuhlmann). a, dorsal view; b, anterior maxilliped; c, posterior maxil- liped; d, basal joint of 3rd leg 6*- Chonopeltis inermis Thiele. e, adult (copy after Thiele and Brian); f, juvenile, transformation of anterior maxilliped into sucking disc (only some of the supporting rods shown). Localities. Hartebeest Poort dam, Pretoria, mouth and gills of Tilapia mossambica (Transvaal and Albany Museums); Aapies River, near Pretoria, on Barbus gunningi (Transv. Mus.); Olifants River, Middelburg, on Barbus swierstrae (Transv. Mus.); Matopo dam, Bulawayo, on introduced Black Bass (Huro salmonoides) (per A. C. Harrison, May 1950). Distribution. Lake Victoria Nyanza (Stuhlmann, Cunnington), Lake Tan- ganyika (Cunnington), Lake Nyasa (Cunnington), White Nile (Cunnington), Lake Moero (Mweru) (Monod), Lake Albert (Brian). On various fishes: Protopterus, Silurids, Eutropius, hates. The original specimens were found on tadpoles (hence ranarum).. 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 South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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