title: [Josefilaria mackerrasae gen. et sp. nov. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) a parasite of the ghost bat Macroderma gigas Dobson (author's transl)].
abstract: Josefilaria mackerrasae n. gen., n. sp., a filarial of the ghost bat Macroderma gigas in Australia is described. This filarioid has affinities with the genus Litomosa, but it can be separated by a variety of both more highly evolved characters (buccal capsule reduced to a pre-oesophageal ring; external lateral papillae absent) and primitive characters ("caudal alae" of the male, long and divided oesophagus, vulva not far from the nerve ring, numerous caudal mucrons of the female).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D002988:Cloaca / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014844:Vulva / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: Josefilaria mackerrasae gen. et sp. nov. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) parasite de la Chauve-souris Macroderma gigas Dobson.