Cylicodontophorus reineckei
Scialdo-Krecek and Malan, 1984

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General: Small-sized Cyathostominea. Posterior edge of MC situated posterior to edge of BC. Tip of submedian papillae bullet-shaped, round or oval, short.. ELC more numerous (17-22 against 15-19) and longer than ILC. Tips of elements of ILC rounded. Support for ELC short, triangular in optical section. Buccal cavity wider posteriorly. Anterior deirids and excretory pore near middle of glandular esophagus, 240-449 from anterior end.

Male: Body length 7.2-12.3 mm. Esophagus length 558-752. BC width 39-53, depth 13-20. Spicules length 1.28-1.66 mm. Distal end of them has very peculiar shape with spur–like protrusion. Gubernaculum length 237-252. Dorsal ray length 385-465. Dermal collar well developed on ventral side of genital cone. Appendages of genital cone — pair of fingershape protrusions.. Protrusions of dermal collar absent.

Female: Body length 10.9-15.7 mm, length of esophagus 640-778, width of BC 46-52, depth 13-19, distance from vulva to tail tip 186-292, from anus to tail tip 79-133, egg size 76-106 x 39-59.

Hosts: E. burchelli, E. hartmannae.

Locality: cecum, colon.

Distribution: Africa.

Discussion: Ihle (1922) was first to propose Cylicodontophorus, as a subgenus, for the species C. bicoronatus, and others. However, Ihle (1922) did not actually make the genus and species combinations in his paper. Subsequently, Cram (1925), in a note communicated in the Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, in which she cited Ihle’s (1922) proposal of Cylicodontophorus, was the first to make the combinations of species names in Cylicodontophorus.