A new species of Linstowia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from marsupials in Bolivia.
A new species of cestode of the genus Linstowia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) is described from marsupials of the genera Thylamys and Monodelphis. The new species (Linstowia schmidti) differs from Linstowia iheringi Zschokke, 1904, in having a much smaller strobila and reduced number of proglottids, and in the distribution of the eggs in gravid proglottids. In Bolivia, cestodes of the genus Linstowia appear to have a restricted geographic distribution, occurring in marsupials only in southeastern Bolivia near the western margin of the Chaco. This host-parasite association may represent an ecological-historical relict.
Gardner
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SL
Department of Nematology, University of California, Davis 95616-8668.
Campbell
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ML
D000818:Animals; D001838:Bolivia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009893:Opossums / Q000469:parasitology*