title: Description of Riouxgolvania kapapkamui Sp. N. (Nematoda: Muspiceoidea: Muspiceidae), a peculiar intradermal parasite of bats in Hokkaido, Japan.
abstract: Riouxgolvania kapapkamui sp. n. (Nematoda: Muspiceoidea: Muspiceidae), a peculiar intradermal parasite, is described based on gravid adults, eggs, and first-, second-, and third-stage larvae collected from dermal nodules formed in Myotis macrodactylus and Myotis ikonnikovi bats from Hokkaido, Japan. The nematode is readily distinguished from 3 previously described congeners in having a globular body with brown, transverse striae in the anterior region of fully grown females. The third-stage larva is also distinguished from other congeners by having a round tail end. Nucleotide sequences of the analyzed partial SSU rDNA-ITS1 region and partial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 of mtDNA showed greater similarity to chromadoreans rather than to enopleans. This is the first report of muspiceoid nematodes from Asia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Oita University, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan. hasegawa@oita-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satô
authors.forename: Kishio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murayama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1 / Q000235:genetics; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1