Helminths of birds and mammals of Israel. VIII.- Skrjabinocapillaria rodentium n. sp. (Nematoda Capillariidae) from gerbillid and murid rodents.

Skrjabinocapillaria rodentium n.sp., found in the stomach of Meriones crassus, Gerbillus pyramidum, G. gerbillus, G. dasyurus and Acomys cahirinus, is described. It differs from the other two species in the genus, S. bakeri and S. eubursata, mainly in being larger, having a larger number of stichocytes and having a cephalic influation in the female and not in the male.