Studies on the parasites of zebra. II. Cylicostephanus longiconus n. sp. (Nematoda: Stronglyidae) from the mountain zebra, Equus zebra hartmannae (Matschie, 1898).
A new species of nematode, Cylicostephanus longiconus, was collected from mountain zebra, Equus zebra hartmannae (Matschie, 1898), on the Kelpie farm in the Khomas Hochland, South West Africa/Namibia. These nematodes have 1 large dorsal and 2 small subventral teeth in the oesophageal funnel and submedian papillae with very long tips. The males have a very well-developed dermal collar and genital cone.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010527:Perissodactyla / Q000469:parasitology*; D013320:Strongyloidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*