A New Species of (Nemata: Strongylida: Ancylostomatidae) from Two Species of in Lowland Bolivia.

J Parasitol

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, W-529 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514.

Published: December 2019

From the small intestines of both and collected from August 1984 through June 1990 from the eastern lowlands of the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia a total of 36 specimens of were recovered. Morphological investigation and comparisons with known species described and reported from mammals in the Neotropical Region show that this is an undescribed species, herein described as new. These nematans were collected from individuals of collected from near a locality called Caranda (northwest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra) and from from near Santa Rosa de la Roca (northeast of Santa Cruz de la Sierra) and from cajuchis collected from 3 km west of Estación El Pailón, 30 km east of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The new species of differs from all other species of known from the Neotropical Region in the presence of paired sub-terminal papillae on the dorsal ray of males.

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