A redescription of Acanthocephalus bufonis (Shipley, 1903) Southwell and Macfie, 1925 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) from the black-spotted toad, Bufo melanostictus, from Bogor, Indonesia

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  • MKMurray J. Kennedy
    Murray J. Kennedy
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Abstract
Acanthocephalus bufonis (Shipley, 1903) Southwell and Macfie, 1925 is redescribed on the basis of specimens collected from the black-spotted toad, Bufo melanostictus Schneider, 1799, from Indonesia. The material collected by Southwell and Macfie in 1925 and by Petrochenko in 1953 is not considered conspecific with that collected by Shipley in 1903. The species described by Petrochenko is given the name Acanthocephalus breviprostatus nom. nov.; that of Southwell and Macfie is unnamed until a more adequate description is produced.