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Heteroxynema (Cavioxyura) viscaciae Hugot & Sutton 1989

Description

Heteroxynema (Cavioxyura) viscaciae Hugot & Sutton, 1989

Type host. Lagidium viscacia boxi Thomas (Mammalia: Chinchillidae).

Site of infection. Caeca and large intestine.

Type locality. Argentina, Chubut Province, Paso del Sapo (42°44'27.84"S, 69°36'17.99"W).

Holotype: 3 MLP 1338/1. Paratypes: MLP 1338/2 (allotype Ƥ, 4 specimens). These specimens were not individualized by the authors in a lot of 6 specimens cited as MLP 1338 D.

Remarks. 233, 5ƤƤ in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France (not mentioned as paratypes in the original description).

Reference. Hugot & Sutton (1989).

Notes

Published as part of Lunaschi, Lia I., Álvarez, Victor Hugo Merlo & Damborenea, Cristina, 2012, Type material housed in the Helminthological Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 1-59 in Zootaxa 3199 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.208967

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References

  • Hugot, J. P. &. Sutton, C. A. (1989) Contribution a la connaissance de la faune parasitaire d' Argentine, XV. Etude morphologique de Heteroxynema (Cavioxyura) viscaciae n. sp. (Nematoda, Heteroxynematidae) parasite de Lagidium viscacia b oxi (Mammalia, Rodentia). Systematic Parasitology, 13, 111 - 120.