Lamotheoxyuris ackerti n. gen., n. comb. (Nematoda: Heteroxynematidae) parasite of Neotoma spp. (Rodentia: Muridae)
On the basis of the revision of the type material of Aspiculuris ackerti Kruidenier & Mehra, 1959, and new specimens collected from Neotoma nelsoni Goldman, 1905 (Rodentia: Cricetidae), in Veracruz, Mexico, we herein to which A. ackerti is transferred as Lamotheoxyuris ackerti This new genus differs from all other genera included in 1) mouth surrounded by six lips; 2) extension of lateral alae describe a new genus (Lamotheoxyuris n. gen.), (Kruidener & Mehra, 1959) n. gen., n. comb. Heteroxynematinae by the following main traits: reduced; and 3) lack of caudal alae.
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Sociedad de Biología de Chile
2010
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2010000200007 |
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