| raillietiella trachea n. sp., a pentastomid from the trachea of an oriental white-backed vulture gyps bengalensis taken in pakistan, with speculation about its life-cycle. | a cephalobaenid pentastomid, raillietiella trachea n. sp., from the trachea of a fledgling oriental white-backed vulture gyps bengalensis taken in punjab province, pakistan, is described. this is the first record of a pentastomid from a fully terrestrial bird. overall, gross morphology was typical of raillietiella sambon, 1910 in most respects. however, the hooks of r. trachea were of equal size, whereas in other members of the genus anterior hooks are smaller than the posterior hooks. the diagn ... | 2003 | 14574093 |