Abstract
Pterygodermatites (Paucipectines) hymanae n. sp. (Rictulariidae) collected from the Incan shrew opossum, Lestoros inca, from Peru is described herein. These nematodes show a subapical, slightly dorsal oral opening and a laterally compressed buccal capsule with 2 conspicuous lateral walls and a dorsal wall. Each lateroventral wall possesses 4 relatively large denticles, and the dorsal wall has 6 denticles. Females are characterized by a conspicuously large postvulvar 37th spine, which may reach 1 mm. This is the first record of endoparasites in the Incan shrew opossum and the fifth species of Pterygodermatites recorded in New World marsupials.
Recommended Citation
Jiménez, F A. and Patterson, Bruce D. "A New Species of Pterygodermatites (Nematoda: Rictulariidae) from the Incan Shrew Opossum, Lestoros inca." (Jun 2012).
Comments
Copyright American Society of Parasitologists 2012
Published in Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 98 No. 3 (June 2012) at DOl: 10.1645/GE-3014.1