Lamproglena hoi n.sp. (Copepoda: Lernaeidae) from two yellowfish hosts, Barbus marequensis and Barbus polylepis, caught in a river in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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.
Dippenaar
S M
SM
Department of Zoology & Biology, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa. susand@unin.unorth.ac.za
Luus-Powell
W J
WJ
Roux
F
F
D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000662:veterinary; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology