title: [Natural helminth infection in Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766), by Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas and Proença, 1945 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea) in Brazil].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: UFRRJ, Instituto de Veterinária, Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, CEP: 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. lurdesar@ufrrj.br
authors.forename: Maria L de A
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Luís C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Muniz-Pereira
authors.forename: Roberto M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Fernanda P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Lins
authors.forename: Mônica G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Riehl Vaz
authors.forename: Ana Paula M
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: de Abreu
authors.forename: Paulo César A
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: de Souza
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002171:Canaries / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*