![]() Two species of praying mantids, Poly spilota aeruginosa (Goeze, 1778) and Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858, have been identified as hosts of C. This is the latest of a total of six species of horsehair worms reported from South Africa so far. Characteristic is the presence of enlarged and elevated simple areoles around the base of a thorn areole, in combination with further cuticular characters. The females correspond to the description of Chordodes ferox Camerano, 1897, a species previously described from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and an adjacent, not further specified region of the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville). doi: 10.3897/zookeys.566.6810 Abstract Three females and one male specimen of a previously unconfirmed species of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) from South Africa are described using Scanning Electron Microscopy. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.566.6810 RESEARCH ARTICLE 1 Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Chordodes ferox, a new record of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) from South Africa Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa1, Renzo Perissinotto2 1 Zoological Museum, Centrum für Naturkunde, University Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany 2 SARChI Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa Corresponding author: Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa ( ) Academic editor: H-P Fagerholm | Received 9 October 2015 | Accepted 13 January 2016 | Published 18 February 2016 Citation: Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Perissinotto R (2016) Chordodes ferox, a new record of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) from South Africa. ![]() A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 566: 1–11 (2016) Chordodes ferox, a new record of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha, Gordiida).
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