[Natural helminth infection in Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766), by Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas and Proença, 1945 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea) in Brazil].
This is the first report of a natural infection in the saffron finch Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766) captured in Brazil, with the establishment of a new host record for the acuarioid nematode Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas and Proença, 1945, previously referred in Cyanocorax chrysops (Vieillot, 1818) from Paraguay and Sporophila caerulescens caerulescens (Vieillot, 1823) and C. cyanomelas (Wied, 1821) from Brazil and Myarchus nuttingi (Ridgway, 1883) from Costa Rica.
Rodrigues
Maria L de A
ML
UFRRJ, Instituto de Veterinária, Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, CEP: 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. lurdesar@ufrrj.br
Muniz-Pereira
Luís C
LC
Pinto
Roberto M
RM
Lins
Fernanda P
FP
Riehl Vaz
Mônica G
MG
de Abreu
Ana Paula M
AP
de Souza
Paulo César A
PC
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002171:Canaries / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*