New species of Rhabdias (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Bufo occidentalis (Anura: Bufonidae) from Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico.
Rhabdias kuzmini n. sp., a parasite of the lungs of Bufo occidentalis, is described and illustrated. This Mexican taxon differs from the related species in the genus by the possession of 4 lips (2 subdorsal and 2 subventral) and 2 lateral pseudolabia, corpus not inflated, a larger barrel-shaped buccal capsule, equatorial vulva, and the presence of a slightly swollen cuticle in the anterior and posterior ends of the body. This is the 16th species described in the Neotropical Realm and the first species of Rhabdias described from endemic anurans in México.
Martínez-Salazar
Elizabeth A
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Laboratorio de Helmintología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, México, DF. eams@ibiologia.unam.mx
León-Règagnon
Virginia
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D000818:Animals; D002025:Bufonidae / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008800:Mexico; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D017196:Rhabditida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017172:Rhabditoidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013045:Species Specificity