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Issue: Vol. 4629 No. 1: 4 Jul. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.1.10
Page range: 133–140
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 1

On two genera of spiny Pudicinae (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina) parasites of the spiny rat Proechimys simonsi (Mammalia: Echimyidae) from Peru

Sistemática y Ecología de Parásitos, Centro de Ecología y Evolución, Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela.
Nematoda Pudicinae Acanthostrongylus Squamasnema Proechimys Peru

Abstract

A new species of trichostrongyloid nematode, Acanthostrongylus secundus is described. It differs from the other species of the genus in the structure of the caudal bursa. Squamasnema amazonica is redescribed correcting the synlophe structure and moving the genus from Heligmonellinae to Pudicinae. Both species were collected in Proechimys simonsi from Peru. [Zoobank URL: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EEDBD925-8539-4F5D-A276-4F735464BA6F]

 

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