Acta Parasitologica, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2007,
363–367.
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-007-0045-9
Tran Thi Binh (1), Charles R. Bursey (2)* and Stephen R. Goldberg (3)
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Two new species of Pharyngodonidae (Nematoda, Oxyuroidea) in Gekko ulikovskii from Vietnam
(1) Department of Parasitology, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnamese Academy of Science Technology, Nghiado, Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam; (2) Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16148, USA; (3) Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608, USA
*Corresponding author:
cxb13@psu.edu
ABSTRACT Pharyngodon duci sp. nov. and Spauligodon vietnamensis sp. nov. (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) from the large intestine of a gecko, Gekko ulikovskii
(Sauria, Gekkonidae), from Vietnam are described and illustrated. Pharyngodon duci is the 35th species assigned to the genus and is separated from its congeners
based upon the lack of a spicule, egg morphology, mouth morphology and cloacal lip morphology. Spauligodon vietnamensis is the 44th species assigned to the genus and is
separated from its congeners by the lack of a spicule, egg morphology, and tail filament morphology.
KEY WORDS:
Pharyngodon duci sp. nov., Spauligodon vietnamensis sp. nov., Nematoda, Gekko ulikovskii, Sauria, Vietnam