Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Madagascar"
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Amphibian survey and current absence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in Ivoloina Park, Toamasina (eastern Madagascar)
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Amphibians are threatened globally by the chytridiomycete fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which is still expanding in range. Madagascar, rich in amphibian diversity, remains one of the few places that the fungus ... -
First record of viviparity in polystomatid flatworms (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) with the description of two new species of Madapolystoma from the Madagascan anuran hosts Blommersia domerguei and Mantella expectata
(Elsevier, 2018)Two frog species, Blommersia domerguei and Mantella expectata, are reported as hosts for new species of Madapolystoma. Phylogenetic analyses and genetic divergences observed in the genus supported the distinction of two ... -
Malgachebates peyrierasi n. gen., n. sp. (Acari: Oribatida: Plasmobatidae) from Madagascar
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Malgachebates peyrierasi n. gen. n. sp., collected from Ankarongambe Forest Station, Tamatave province, mid-eastern Madagascar, is described and illustrated based on adult specimens. The new genus is easily distinguishable ... -
A revision of African helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa), with descriptions of six new species
(Magnolia Press, 2014)Using nearly range-wide sampling, we analyze up to 1848 bp of mitochondrial DNA of 183 helmeted terrapins and identify a minimum of 12 deeply divergent species-level clades. Uncorrected p distances of these clades equal ... -
Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) VI. Mangabebodes kymatismosi gen. nov., sp. nov. and Antongilibodes paulae gen. nov., sp. nov. from Madagascar
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This is the sixth in a series of revisions on the family Carabodidae, in which we describe and illustrate two new genera, Mangabebodes kymatismosi gen. nov., sp. nov. and Antongilibodes paulae gen. nov., sp. nov., both ... -
Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) X. Bovicarabodes jacquelinae sp. nov., redefinition of the genus Tuberocepheus Balogh & Mahunka, 1969 and redescription of Tuberocepheus longus (Balogh, 1962)
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Bovicarabodes jacquelinae sp. nov. is easily differentiated from other congeners by paired rounded to ovate prodorsal cavity with internal ovoid incision; presence of medial eye pillar; two cuticular ridges anterior to ... -
Rogerzetes lacouturieri n. gen., n. sp., (Acari: Oribatida: Eremaeozetidae) from Madagascar
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Rogerzetes lacouturieri n. gen., n. sp., collected from Manankaza Forest Station, Ambohitantely, Tananarive, Madagascar, is described and illustrated based on adult specimens. The new genus is distinguishable by the following ... -
A survey of Rhagidiidae (Acari: Prostigmata) in fruit orchards in Iran, with description of a new species of Robustocheles
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)Rogerzetes lacouturieri n. gen., n. sp., collected from Manankaza Forest Station, Ambohitantely, Tananarive, Madagascar, is described and illustrated based on adult specimens. The new genus is distinguishable by the following ... -
Two new species of polystomes (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from the anuran host Guibemantis liber
(Elsevier, 2014)Madapolystoma ramilijaonae n. sp. and Madapolystoma cryptica n. sp. (Monogenea, Polystomatidae) are described from the urinary bladder of disjunct populations of the Madagascar shrub frog Guibemantis liber. Although only ...