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1 October 2014 Macuahuitloides inexpectans n. gen., n. sp. (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae) from Mormoops megalophylla (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae)
F. Agustín Jiménez, Jorge Luis Peralta-Rodríguez, Juan Caspeta-Mandujano, Silvia Edith Ramírez-Díaz
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Abstract

Macuahuitloides inexpectans n. gen., n. sp. (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae) is herein described. The description is based on specimens removed from the small intestine of ghost-faced bats, Mormoops megalophylla, from central Mexico. The monotypic genus is unique in featuring sexual dimorphism on the cuticular ornamentation, which consists of the presence of spines on the anterior quarter of females, and of the presence of rugosities on the surface of the cephalic vesicle of males. The cuticular spines are arranged in spiral rings on the anterior quarter of the body, and there is no trace of said structures on the cuticle of males. The synlophe of the males possess 12 ridges, whereas there is no synlophe in females. Finally, females show a prominent caudal terminus (spine) and 3 subterminal tubercles, whereas males show bursal rays in a 3–2 arrangement, with a relatively prominent dorsal ray.

F. Agustín Jiménez, Jorge Luis Peralta-Rodríguez, Juan Caspeta-Mandujano, and Silvia Edith Ramírez-Díaz "Macuahuitloides inexpectans n. gen., n. sp. (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae) from Mormoops megalophylla (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae)," Journal of Parasitology 100(5), 646-650, (1 October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1645/13-349.1
Received: 25 July 2013; Accepted: 1 June 2014; Published: 1 October 2014
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