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Spirocercidae Chitwood & Wehr 1932

Description

Family Spirocercidae

Cylicospirura sp.

Puma concolor, Unspecified locality, Diaz-Ungria (1979) in Patton et al. (1986).

Cylicospirura subaequalis

Herpailurus yagouaroundi, Chaco Boreal, Paraguay, Seesee et al. (1981) in Ferguson et al. (2011).

Herpailurus yagouaroundi, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Vieira (2011).

Herpailurus yagouaroundi, Brazil, Molin (1860) in Vieira (2011).

Puma concolor, Texas, U.S.A., Waid & Pence (1988).

Puma concolor, Washington, U.S.A., Rickard & Foreyt (1992).

Puma concolor, Oregon, U.S.A., Ferguson et al. (2011).

Puma concolor, Mato Grosso, Brazil, cited in Vieira (2011).

Didelphonema longispiculata

Oncifelis geoffroyi, La Pampa, Argentina, Beldomenico et al. (2005).

Mastophorus muris

Graomys griseoflavus, La Pampa, Argentina, Rojas & Digiani (2003).

Graomys griseoflavus, La Pampa, Argentina, Cited in Digiani & Durette-Desset (2003).

Oncifelis guigna, Parque Nacional Laguna San Rafael, Chile, Gonzalez Acuña et al. (2010).

Mazzia bialata

Chaetophractus vellerosus, Buenos Aires and La Rioja, Argentina, Ezquiaga (2013).

Chaetophractus vellerosus, Córdoba, Argentina, Lombardero & Moriena (1977) in Ezquiaga (2013).

Chaetophractus villosus, Pampas region, Argentina, Navone (1990).

Chaetophractus villosus, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ezquiaga (2013).

Chaetophractus villosus, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Cited in Ezquiaga (2013).

Chaetophractus villosus, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Chabaud et al. (1983).

Chaetophractus villosus, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ezquiaga et al. (2015).

Dasypus hybridus, Pampas and Paranaense region, Argentina, Navone (1990).

Tolypeutes matacus, Chaco region, Argentina, Navone (1990).

Mazzia mazzia

Chaetophractus vellerosus, Argentina, Khalil & Vogelsang (1932) in Ezquiaga (2013).

Vigisospirura potekhina

Oncifelis geoffroyi, La Pampa, Argentina, Beldomenico et al. (2005).

Notes

Published as part of Fugassa, Martin H., 2015, Checklist of helminths found in Patagonian wild mammals, pp. 271-328 in Zootaxa 4012 (2) on page 286, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/192165

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Spirocercidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Spirurida
Phylum
Nematoda
Scientific name authorship
Chitwood & Wehr
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Spirocercidae Chitwood, 1932 sec. Fugassa, 2015

References

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  • Ferguson, J. A., Woodberry, K., Gillin, C. M., Jackson, D., Sanders, J. L., Madigan, W., Bildfell, R. J. & Kent, M. L. (2011) Cylicospirura species (Nematoda: Spirocercidae) and stomach nodules in cougars (Puma concolor) and bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Oregon. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 47 (1), 140 - 153.
  • Vieira, F. M. (2011) Helmintos parasitos de mamiferos carnivoros silvestres no Municipio de Juiz de Fora, Zona da Mata do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro.
  • Waid, D. D. & Pence, D. B. (1988) Helminths of mountain lions (Felis concolor) from southwestern Texas with a redescription of Cylicospirura subaequalis (Molin, 1860) Vevers, 1922. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 66, 2110 - 2117. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / z 88 - 313
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  • Beldomenico, P. M., Kinsella, J. M., Uhart, M. M., Gutierrez, G. L., Pereira, J., Ferreyra, H. D. V. & Marull, C. A. (2005) Helminths of geoffroy's cat, Oncifelis geoffroyi (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Monte desert, central Argentina. Acta Parasitologica, 50, 263 - 266.
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  • Navone, G. T. (1990) Estudio de la distribucion, porcentaje y microecologia de los parasitos de algunas especies de edentados argentinos. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 25, 199 - 210. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 01650529009360820
  • Chabaud, A. G., Navone, G. T. & Bain, O. (1983) Description de Mazzia bialata n. sp., parasite de Dasypodides. Attribution du genre aux Nematodes Spirocercidae. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4 e serie, 5. Section A: 175 - 179.
  • Ezquiaga, M. C., Abba, A. M. & Navone, G. T. (2015) Loss of helminth species diversity in the large hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus on the Tierra del Fuego Island, Argentina. Journal of Helminthology, in press. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0022149 X 14000893
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