TY - JOUR
T1 - Endoparasites of fat-tailed mouse opossums (Thylamys
T2 - Didelphidae) from northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia, with the description of a new species of tapeworm
AU - Jiménez, F. Agustín
AU - Braun, Janet K.
AU - Campbell, Mariel L.
AU - Gardner, Scott L.
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - The parasite fauna of 2 species of fat-tailed mouse opossums from northwestern Argentina is herein presented. Five species of helminths were found, i.e., Pterygodermatites kozeki, Hoineffia simplispicula, Oligacanthorhynchus sp., and a new species of tapeworm, Mathevotaenia sanmartini n. sp. (Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae). The new species is characterized by a calyciform scolex, relatively few testes (32), and a long cirrus sac; it occurs in fat-tailed mouse opossums at localities above 4,000 m. Those characters make it different from 6 species known to occur in marsupials from the New World, and from other species occurring in armadillos and bats. Didelphoxyuris thylamisis, H. simplicispicula, and Oligacanthorhynchus sp. appear to occur in marmosas from the Yungas region. In contrast, both P. kozeki and M. sanmartini n. sp. appear to occur exclusively in the Puna.
AB - The parasite fauna of 2 species of fat-tailed mouse opossums from northwestern Argentina is herein presented. Five species of helminths were found, i.e., Pterygodermatites kozeki, Hoineffia simplispicula, Oligacanthorhynchus sp., and a new species of tapeworm, Mathevotaenia sanmartini n. sp. (Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae). The new species is characterized by a calyciform scolex, relatively few testes (32), and a long cirrus sac; it occurs in fat-tailed mouse opossums at localities above 4,000 m. Those characters make it different from 6 species known to occur in marsupials from the New World, and from other species occurring in armadillos and bats. Didelphoxyuris thylamisis, H. simplicispicula, and Oligacanthorhynchus sp. appear to occur in marmosas from the Yungas region. In contrast, both P. kozeki and M. sanmartini n. sp. appear to occur exclusively in the Puna.
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U2 - 10.1645/GE-1424.1
DO - 10.1645/GE-1424.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 18973415
AN - SCOPUS:54349088215
SN - 0022-3395
VL - 94
SP - 1098
EP - 1102
JO - Journal of Parasitology
JF - Journal of Parasitology
IS - 5
ER -