Description of the helminth communities of sympatric rodents (Muroidea: Cricetidae) from the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Argentina
Author
Guillermo Panisse
Author
María Del Rosario Robles
Author
María Celina Digiani
Author
Juliana Notarnicola
Author
Carlos Galliari
Author
Graciela Teresa Navone
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-18
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.4
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Eucoleus
sp. (1)
Site of infection
. small intestine
Collection number.
MLP-He7327
Host species.
Akodon montensis
. CG145
Localities.
PPU and RVSU
Comments.
The morphological characters observed in the specimens agree with the description of the genus
Eucoleus
, i.e. males without caudal alae, distal end with two small, posteriorly directed rounded lobes and connected by a reduced membrane, spinous spicular sheath, and females with non-elevated vulva. Nevertheless, the material collected is not well conserved to allow identification at species level. It is to be noted that the specimens were found in the small intestine, despite being the stomach the most common site of infection of the genus (
Moravec, 1982
).
This is the first record of the genus
Eucoleus
in
A. montensis
and the second record for
Argentina
(
Robles
et al
. 2008
).