Allintoshius bioccai n. sp. (Nematoda), a parasite of the bat Eptesicus furinalis from Paraguay, and new data on A. parallintoshius (Araujo, 1940).
A new species of parasitic nematode (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina, Heligmosomoidea) Allintoshius bioccai n. sp., found in the small intestine of the vespertilionid bat Eptesicus furinalis from Paraguay, is described. The new species can be differentiated from A. urumiac (Freitas and Mendonça, 1960) by the absence of vulvar spines in females, and from A. nudicaudus (Freitas and Mendonça, 1963) by the shape of the spicules and the dorsal ray of the copulatory bursa. New data on the morphology and distribution of Allintoshius parallintoshius (Araujo, 1940) are also reported. E. furinalis, Myotis albescens and M. riparius are recorded as new hosts for this species. A key for the identification of the species belonging to the genus Allintoshius is also given.
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Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratory of Parasitology, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy. rossi@iss.it
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D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010239:Paraguay; D013045:Species Specificity; D014251:Trichostrongyloidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014252:Trichostrongyloidiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*