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- * This research marks the first discovery of a helminth parasite from the mole-vole in Mongolia, which is the first subterranean rodent infected by this parasite in the Palearctic region.
- * A new species is described in this study, showing a 4% genetic difference from a closely related species and notable physical differences such as larger cirrus spines, larger testes, and bigger eggs.
Article Abstract
Cestodes of the genus Mas-Coma and Tenora 1997 have a Holarctic distribution with 16 species occurring among 28 species of mostly arvicoline hosts. The type species of the genus is (von Linstow, 1901), described initially as von Linstow, 1901, from murine rodents in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. Here we report the first helminth parasite from the mole-vole, , in Mongolia which is the first subterranean rodent known to be infected with in the Palearctic. In addition, we describe a new species: n. sp. which most closely resembles Gulyaev and Chechulin 1997, differing from this species with a genetic distance of about 4% (using cytochrome-b) and by having distinctly large cirrus spines, testes that are larger and fill the whole segment measured anterior–posterior and larger eggs.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10090593 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182022000294 | DOI Listing |
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