A new genus and species of lungworm (Nemata: Metastrongyloidea) from Akodon mollis Thomas, 1894 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Peru.

J Parasitol

Department of Protozoología, Helmintología e Invertebrados Afines, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Apartado 14-0434, Lima, Peru.

Published: June 2012

Akodonema luzsarmientae n.g., n.sp. (Nemata: Metastrongyloidea) is described from the pulmonary arteries and heart from several individuals of "soft grass mouse," Akodon mollis (Rodentia: Cricetidae), collected in the region of Ancash, Peru. The new genus and species is distinguished by a reduction of the dorsal ray to 2 small widely separated papillae.

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