title: Rhabdias kongmongthaensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Polypedates leucomystax (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Thailand.
abstract: Rhabdias kongmongthaensis sp. n. is described based on specimens found in the lungs of the tree frog Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst) (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand. The new species is similar to two North-American species, Rhabdias ranae and R. americanus, by presence of two lateral pseudolabia, each with two inner submedian protuberances. R. kongmongthaensis differs from both species by relative length and shape of the tail, and by its distribution and host specificity. Presence of lateral pseudolabia distinguishes the new species from the geographically closest Rhabdias species as well as from those parasitizing other rhacophorid frogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Institute of Zoology, 15 Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street, Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Yuriy
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuzmin
authors.forename: Vasyl V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Tkach
authors.forename: Jefferson A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vaughan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000469:parasitology*; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology; D017196:Rhabditida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017172:Rhabditoidea / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000469:parasitology; D013785:Thailand