title: Tadaridanema delicatus (Schwartz, 1927) n. gen., n. comb. (Trichostrongylina: Molineidae) parasite of Molossidae bats.
abstract: On the basis of the revision of the type material of Anoplostrongylus delicatus Schwartz, 1927, and new specimens collected from Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana (Saussure, 1860) in 4 arid localities from Mexico, we describe a new genus (Tadaridanema n. gen.), to which A. delicatus is transferred (as Tadaridanema delicatus (Schwartz, 1927) n. gen., n. comb.). This new genus differs from all other genera included in Anoplostrongylinae by having ray 2 larger than ray 3. In addition, T. delicatus can be differentiated from the type species of Anoplostrongylus (Anoplostrongylus paradoxus (Travassos, 1918)) because it possess vestibular branches equal in length, cephalic inflation divided into 2 regions, and synlophe with many small ridges at the midbody level, whereas in T. delicatus, vestibular branches are equal in size, cephalic inflation is simple in structure, and the synlophe has only 2 well-developed dorsal cuticular ridges.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Helmintología, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Ap. Postal 70-153, C.P. 04510, Mexico, DF México.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Falcón-Ordaz
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guzmán-Cornejo
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García-Prieto
authors.forename: Scott Lyell
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D017183:Strongylida / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*