A new species of Sciurodendrium (Nematoda: Heligmonellidae) in Sciurus aureogaster (Rodentia: Sciuridae) from Morelos, Mexico |
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Authors: | Falcón-Ordaz Jorge Lamothe-Argumedo Marcos Rafael |
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Affiliation: | Laboratorio de Helmintología, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, México, DF. jfalcon@ibiologia.unam.mx |
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Abstract: | Sciurodendrium bravohollisae n. sp. (Heligmonellidae) is described as an intestinal parasite of 2 squirrels, Sciurus aureogaster Cuvier, 1829, collected from Los Robles, Municipio de Tlalnepantla, Morelos State, Mexico. The new species differs from all other congeners in possessing a very well-developed and sacciform genital cone. This is the seventh species described for the genus and the first one recorded in Mexico. |
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