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Helminths of the broad-tailed bat Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) in Mexico, and description of a new species of nematode (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae)
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- 1. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
- 2. Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico Industrial y de Servicios No. 120, Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
- 3. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 4. CONICET. División Zoología Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 5. Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. & Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
- 6. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México. & Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México. & Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Ciudad Universitaria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México.
- 7. Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
- 8. Centro de Investigaciones Regionales 'Dr. Hideyo Noguchi', Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Avenida Itzáes, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
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Moguel-Chin, Wilson Isaias, Suárez-Galaz, Alejandro, Casanova, Anyela Jackelin Chan-, Concha-Guillermo, Henry Orlando, Tzec-Che, Ruben Guadalupe, Robles, María Del Rosario, Digiani, María Celina, Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Ruiz Torres, Nallely G., Macswiney, M. Cristina, Panti-May, Jesús Alonso (2025): Helminths of the broad-tailed bat Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) in Mexico, and description of a new species of nematode (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae). Zootaxa 5696 (4): 517-541, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.4
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