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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Rodriguez JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3088042 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ZooKeys 20110112 75
The new genus Coynemagen. n. is described as parasite of the two passalid beetles from Cuba: Passalus interstitialis Escholtz, 1829 (type host) and Passalus pertyi Kaup, 1869. Females are characterized by the shape of their cephalic end, cervical cuticle unarmed, a sub-cylindrical procorpus with its base abruptly dilated, fore region of intestine dilated as a sac-like structure, genital system didelphic-amphidelphic and eggs markedly ovoid and smooth-shelled. Males have a digestive system simila ...[more]