A New Species of Cosmocercoides (Ascaridida: Cosmocercidae) Parasitic in Tree Frogs from Southern Amazonia.
Biodiversity
Helminth
Hylidae
Nematoda
Southern Amazonia
Taxonomy
Journal
The Journal of parasitology
ISSN: 1937-2345
Titre abrégé: J Parasitol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7803124
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 03 2021
01 03 2021
Historique:
entrez:
29
3
2021
pubmed:
30
3
2021
medline:
16
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Cosmocercoides meridionalis n. sp. is described from the large and small intestines of 5 species of tree frogs belonging to the families Hylidae and Phyllomedusidae collected from 2 localities in Southern Amazonia. The new species is allocated to the genus Cosmocercoides Wilkie, 1930, due to the presence of papillae in rosettes, which are complex caudal papillae surrounded by punctuations. Cosmocercoides meridionalis n. sp. differs from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: the absence of the gubernaculum, the total length of the female (twice the size of the male), and the presence of 26 rosette papillae with a unique arrangement and distribution pattern: 11 pre-cloacal pairs, 1 ad-cloacal pair, and 1 post-cloacal pair. This is the first species of the genus described from the Amazonia region.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
239-245Informations de copyright
© American Society of Parasitologists 2021.