| a new species of oochoristica (cyclophyllidea: linstowiidae) from non-native mediterranean geckos, hemidactylus turcicus (sauria: gekkonidae), from texas, usa. | a new species of cyclophyllidean tapeworm, oochoristica harschi sp. nov. is described from 2 of 18 (11%) non-native mediterranean geckos (hemidactylus turcicus) collected in june 2016 from tom green county, texas, usa the new species has few characteristics in common with 17 species of oochoristica previously described from nearctic reptiles. of this group, o. harschi is most similar to o. macallisteri bursey and goldberg, 1996 from the side-blotched lizard, uta stansburiana from arizona and cal ... | 2017 | 28426409 |