A new species of Spauligodon (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae) parasite of Cnemidophorus spp. (Lacertilia: Teiidae) from southern Mexico.
A new species of Spauligodon collected from Cnemidophorus mexicanus and C. deppii is described in this study. The species is placed in Spauligodon because the caudal alae start at the level of the precloacal papillae and embed the adcloacal papillae. The new species is most similar to S. goldbergi, but diagnostic traits of the former are the presence of 2 ridges in lateral alae, flaplike expansions in the caudal end of lateral alae, and a smooth tail for males. This species is the eighth recorded in the neotropics.
Jiménez-Ruiz
F Agustín
FA
The Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, W529 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514, USA. fruiz@unlserve.unl.edu
León-Règagnon
Virginia
V
Campbell
Jonathan A
JA
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*