title: A new species of Biacantha (Nematoda: Molineidae), a parasite of the common vampire bat from the Yungas, Argentina.
abstract: A new species of Biacantha Wolfgang, 1954 (Nematoda: Molineidae), is described from the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus Geoffroy and St. Hilaire, 1810, from northwest Argentina. Biacantha normaliae n. sp. Oviedo, Ramallo, and Claps, is characterized by the disposition and number of ridges of the synlophe, the excretory pore located on a knob, 2 lateral processes on the tail of females, the male caudal bursa morphology, and lack of gubernaculum. This is the first species of nematode described in a vampire bat from Argentina.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Superior de Entomología Dr Abraham Willink and Cátedra de Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo # 205, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina. mirnaoviedo@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mirna C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Oviedo
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramallo
authors.forename: Lucía E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Claps
authors.forename: M Daniela
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Miotti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000662:veterinary; D057807:Molineoidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015995:Prevalence; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*