Meteterakis crombiei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Heterakoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Rhabditida Subordo: Spirurina Infraordo: Ascaridomorpha Superfamilia: Heterakoidea

Familia: Heterakidae
Genus: Meteterakis
Species: Meteterakis crombiei

Name

• Meteterakis crombiei Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus 2005: 1386.

Holotype: USNPC 95341.

Type locality: 0.5 km south of Bunisi, 10.0209° S, 149.5947° E, elevation 1,490 m., Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Host: BHBM 16923, Sphenomorphus jobiensis (Squamata: Scincidae), collected on 27 January 2003.

Paratypes: (n = 3) USNPC 95342-43, BPBM H101.

References

Primary references

• Bursey, C.R., Goldberg, S.R. & Kraus, F. 2005. Endoparasites in Sphenomorphus jobiensis (Sauria: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea with description of three new species. Journal of Parasitology. 91(6): 1385–1394. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3502.1