title: Redescription, synonymy, and new records of Vexillata noviberiae (Dikmans, 1935) (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina), a parasite of rabbits Sylvilagus spp. (Leporidae) in the United States.
abstract: Vexillata noviberiae (Dikmans, 1935) (Trichostrongylina: Heligmosomoidea), originally described as a parasite of Sylvilagus floridanus from Louisiana, is redescribed from material collected from Sylvilagus palustris in Florida and from S. floridanus in Kansas. New morphometric and morphological data are provided. Stunkardionema halla Arnold, 1941, described from S. floridanus from Kansas and New York, is proposed as a junior synonym of V. noviberiae. These findings confirm the occurrence of V. noviberiae as a parasite of rabbits and its wide distribution range in North America.
authors.affiliation: División Zoología Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n 1900 La Plata, Argentina. mdigiani@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
authors.forename: María Celina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Digiani
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kinsella
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Durette-Desset
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits / Q000469:parasitology*; D014251:Trichostrongyloidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D014252:Trichostrongyloidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology