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The first species of Thelastoma Leidy, 1849 (Nematoda: Thelastomatidae) parasitising the scorpion Euscorpius italicus (Chactidae: Scorpionidea)

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A new species, Thelastoma euscorpii, (Thelastomatidae: Oxyuroidea) is described from Euscorpius italicus (Chactidae) on Pag Island (Kvarner Islands), Croatia. The new taxon differs from all other species of Thelastoma in having a cuticle with fine transverse striae. The excretory pore of the female specimens is located in a prebulbar position, the tail is short and subfiliform (5.5-9.3% of the total body length), and the eggs are small (47-52×24-29 μm). The males have a short oesophagus and no spicules. This is the first nematode species found in scorpions (Scorpionidea).

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  1. Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic

    Vlastimil Baruš

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    Božena Koubková

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Baruš, V., Koubková, B. The first species of Thelastoma Leidy, 1849 (Nematoda: Thelastomatidae) parasitising the scorpion Euscorpius italicus (Chactidae: Scorpionidea). Syst Parasitol 53, 141–146 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020470108631

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