Abstract
Twenty-four worms were collected from the bronchioles in both lungs of a male nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 captured in Teacalco, Morelos, Mexico. The worms, herein named Metathelazia mexicana n. sp., show a constriction in the esophagus at the level of the nerve ring; males of the species have 7 pairs of papillae, fewer than the other species in the genus. Metathelazia capsulata is the most similar species to Metathelazia mexicana; however, the latter has much shorter spicules. This is the fourth species in the genus known to occur in the New World.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 87-93 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- Dasypus novemcinctus
- Metathelazia capsulata
- Metathelazia mexicana
- Mexico
- Morelos
- Nine-banded armadillo
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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Jiménez, F. A., Rosas-Valdez, R., & Gardner, S. L. (2013). A new species of Metathelazia (Nematoda: Pneumospiruridae) from the lungs of a nine-banded armadillo in Central Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 84(1), 87-93. https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.29516