Specialized pinworms of orang-utan (<i>Pongo abelii</i>: Hominidae) from Sumatra

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FOITOVÁ Ivona BARUŠ Vlastimil HODOVÁ Iveta KOUBKOVÁ Božena MAŠOVÁ Šárka

Year of publication 2010
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Description Pinworms (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) represent the parasites group occurring in most families and genera of the order Primates. The subfamily Enterobiinae includes 51 species parasitizing primates. The Sumatran orang-utan Pongo abelii Lesson (Primates: Ponginae) is parasitised by three pinworms (Enterobiinae: Oxyuridae) species: Enterobius buckleyi Sandosham, 1950, Pongobius hugoti Baruš, Foitová, Koubková, Hodová, Šimková et Nurcahyo, 2007 and Lemuricola pongoi Foitová, Baruš, Hodová, Koubková et Nurcahyo, 2008.
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