Oswaldocruzia

Oswaldocruzia sp.

Host and record: Leptodactylus bufonius Boulenger, 1894 (Co), Physalaemus albonotatus (Steindachner, 1864) (Co).

Site of infection: Small intestine.

Material deposited: CECOAL 0 0 101005 (L. bufonius), CECOAL 96040901 (P. albonotatus). References: González & Hamann (2006a; 2012b).

Life cycle: The life cycle of these nematodes is monoxenous; the infective larvae penetrate through the skin of the hosts (Ben Slimane et al. 1996a; Anderson 2000).

Oswaldocruzia mazzai Travassos, 1935

Host and record: Rhinella sp. (Ju), Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) (= B. marinus) (Ju) Site of infection: Small intestine.

Material deposited: Not specified.

References: Travassos (1935; 1937).

Notes: Durette-Desset et al. (2006) considered O. mazzai sensu Vicente (1981) nec Travassos (1935) as species inquirenda.

Oswaldocruzia proencai Ben Slimane and Durette-Desset, 1995 (= Oswaldocruzia mazzai sensu Lent et al., 1939 nec Travassos, 1935)

Host and record: Rhinella schneideri (Werner, 1894) (Co, Sa), Rhinella arenarum (= Ch. arenarum) (Sa). Site of infection: Small intestine, large intestine.

Material deposited: CECOAL 0 3091901 (R. schneideri, Co), CH-FML 0 7444 (R. schneideri, Sa), CH-FML 0 7448 (R. arenarum).

References: Ramallo et al. (2007a; 2007c), González & Hamann (2008). Notes: Ben Slimane and Durette-Desset (1995) established this species from Paraguayan specimens reported as O. mazzai by Lent et al. (1946).

Oswaldocruzia subauricularis (Rudolphi, 1819)

Host and record: Rhinella fernandezae (Gallardo, 1957) (Co) Site of infection: Small intestine.

Material deposited: CECOAL 0 8102211

References: Hamann et al. (2013).

Notes: Durette-Desset et al. (2006) established that the species reported as O. subauricularis sensu Freitas, 1955 nec Rudolpphi, 1819 should be considered as a species inquirenda.