title: New genus of Cosmocercidae (Nematoda) and other helminths in Hylarana volkerjane (Anura: Ranidae) from Papua New Guinea.
abstract: Paraplesiohedruris rinse n. gen., n. sp. (Ascaridida; Cosmocercoidae; Cosmocercidae) from the large intestine of Hylarana volkerjane (Anura; Ranidae) is described and illustrated. The new genus is assigned to the Cosmocercinae of the Cosmocercidae based on the presence of an esophagus composed of a short pharynx, cylindrical corpus, isthmus, and valved bulb; on the presence in males of paired spicules and numerous caudal papillae; plus the presence in the female of an equatorial vulva, 2 uteri, a short tail, and thin-shelled eggs. The Cosmocercinae now contains 10 genera. Hylarana volkerjane was also found to harbor 6 additional species of Nematoda, adults of Aplectana macintoshii, Icosiella papuensis, Meteterakis crombiei, Paracapillaria spratti, Physalopteroides milnensis, and larvae of Abbreviata sp., as well as 1 species of Acanthocephala, Pseudoacanthocephalus bufonis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, PA 16146, USA. cxb13@psu.edu
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bursey
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kraus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017162:Ascaridida / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017191:Ascaridida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D010219:Papua New Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology; D011898:Ranidae / Q000469:parasitology*