[This species can be told by the female having twenty-nine to thirty-three body rings, the male twenty-six, and the annulations are more bead-like and less prominent than in the African species.
[In addition to these three, Sambon thinks it probable that others occur in man.—F. V. T.]
Other References to Pentastomidæ.
(1) “Die Wanderung des Pentastomum denticulatum beim Rinde,” Centralbl. f. Bakt. u. Parasitenk., Jan. 2, 1889, v (1), pp. 1–5, V. Bates.
(2) “Il Pentastoma moniliforme, Dies., nella pantera,” Med.-vet. Torino, 1877, 4 s., vi (12), pp. 529–532, R. Bassi.
(3) “On the Organization and Development of Linguatula (Pentastoma), accompanied with the description of a new species from the abdominal cavity of the mandrill,” Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1848, 2 s. ii (7), 2, pp. 69–70, v. Beneden.
(4) “De la Linguatula ferox (Pentastoma denticulatum aut serratum),” Bull. Acad. roy. d. Sci. d. Belg., 1855, xxii, pt. 1 (1), pp. 4–10, v. Beneden.
(5) “Note sur quelques pentastomes,” Bull. Acad. roy. d. Sci. de Belg., 1857, 26, 2 s., ii (5), pp. 29–30, v. Beneden.
(6) “Ueber das Pentastoma in de gekrösdrusen den Schafe,” Repert. d. Thierh. Stuttg., 1861, xxii, pp. 37–38, Collin.