title: Two new species of Litomosoides (Nemata:Onchocercidae) from Ctenomys opimus (Rodentia:Ctenomyidae) on the altiplano of Bolivia.
abstract: Two filarioid nematodes, Litomosoides andersoni n. sp. and Litomosoides ctenomyos n. sp. (Nemata: Onchocercidae), are described from the mesenteries of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys opimus (Rodentia: Hystrichognathi) collected on the altiplano of Bolivia. Specimens collected near Rancho Huancaroma (Oruro Dept.) in 1984 and 1986 can be recognized as undescribed by the structures of the spicules and stoma and the shape of the ovijector. This record represents the first time members of the genus Litomosoides have been recovered from rodents of the family Ctenomyidae; this also represents the first published report of these nematodes from mammals in Bolivia.
authors.affiliation: Harold W. Manter Laboratory, University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68588-0514, USA.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Brant
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001838:Bolivia; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D012377:Rodentia