Lamproglena hoi n.sp. (Copepoda: Lernaeidae) from two yellowfish hosts, Barbus marequensis and Barbus polylepis, caught in a river in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

نویسندگان

  • S M Dippenaar
  • W J Luus-Powell
  • F Roux
چکیده

Lamproglena hoi n.sp. species was collected from the gill filaments of largescale yellowfish, Barbus marequensis A. Smith, 1841 and smallscale yellowfish, Barbus polylepis Boulenger, 1907 from the Spekboom River, Mpumalanga, South Africa. The genus Lamproglena is characterized. Morphological features of L. hoi are described and illustrated by means of drawings and scanning electron micrographs. This species is also compared with congener species described from other Barbus spp.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research

دوره 68 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001