title: A new species of Syphacia (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) from Calomys laucha (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in an agroecosystem of central Argentina.
abstract: A new oxyurid nematode Syphacia hodarae n. sp. is described from the cecum and rectum of the cricetid rodent Calomys laucha Fischer, 1814 (Sigmodontinae, Phyllotini), captured in an agroecosystem of central Argentina. The new species is distinguished from other members of the genus mainly by the shape of the cephalic plate, presence of cervical alae in females, absence of lateral alae, and absence of deirids. Some characters are shared with Syphacia carlitosi, a parasite of Akodon azarae from the wetlands in Argentina. However, S. hodarae can be differentiated from this species by the absence of ornamentation on the accessory hook of the gubernaculum, length of spicule and gubernaculum, size of the eggs, and distance to the vulva from the anterior end. This is the first record of a Syphacia species from the tribe Phyllotini in Argentina, and the first time a Syphacia species is reported from C. laucha .
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, 4° piso C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. juli-rojas@ege.fcen.uba.ar
authors.forename: Elba Juliana Rojas
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: Mariela Haydée
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Miño
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Notarnicola
authors.forename: María del Rosario
authors.initials: Mdel R
authors.lastname: Robles
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D002432:Cecum / Q000469:parasitology; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010124:Oxyuroidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012007:Rectum / Q000469:parasitology; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000469:parasitology*