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Sphaeruterina caffrapi Mokhehle, 1951
Cyclophyllidea: Paruterinidae
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Species ID 9753
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Paruterinidae
Subfamily
Genus Sphaeruterina
Species caffrapi
Authority Mokhehle, 1951
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Mokhehle, C. N. C. 1951. Parasites of the swift Caffrapus caffer caffer (Roberts) with descriptions of one new genus and eight new species. Fort Hare papers 1(6): 303-396.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/21/2012 Created Salamatin
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Apodiformes
Host Family
Type Host
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Genus Caffrapus
Species caffer caffer
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country South Africa
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Fort Hare
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Specimens

Type Material Zoology Department, Fort Hare
Total Number of Type Specimens holotype: "one toto mount; two serial sections"; paratypes: "two toto mounts; two serial sections"
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.