ferox, while its distribution range in the region and the period of adult emergence from the host remain largely unknown. 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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