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The combination of the following morphological characters identifies this novel species: terminal mouth opening; the presence of six cephalic papillae; six hypodermal cords at midbody; vulvar opening wide and visible without lips, vulvar cone developed, vagina bend at connection with the uterus; spicules paired, developed, separated and equal in size, slightly curved near the distal end and shorter than the width of the body at the level of the cloaca; genital papillae surrounding the cloaca, surpassing the base of the spicules and arranged as follows: 24 pre-cloacal, 5 ad-cloacal, and 50 postcloacal. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis based on\n                    <jats:italic>18S<\/jats:italic>\n                    data placed\n                    <jats:italic>H. philaeni<\/jats:italic>\n                    within\n                    <jats:italic>Hexamermis<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2013\n                    <jats:italic>Agamermis<\/jats:italic>\n                    mixed clade. To our knowledge, this work represents the first record of a\n                    <jats:italic>Hexamermis<\/jats:italic>\n                    species parasitizing\n                    <jats:italic>P. spumarius<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2478\/jofnem-2026-0029","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,15]],"date-time":"2026-10-15T12:30:11Z","timestamp":1792067411000},"page":"520-531","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Description of\n                    <i>Hexamermis philaeni<\/i>\n                    n. sp. 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