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1 April 2001 FALCAUSTRA LOWEI N. SP. AND OTHER HELMINTHS FROM THE TARAHUMARA FROG, RANA TARAHUMARAE (ANURA: RANIDAE), FROM SONORA, MEXICO
Charles R. Bursey, Stephen R. Goldberg
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Abstract

Seventy-four specimens of Falcaustra lowei n. sp. were recovered from the intestines of 9 of 42 (21%) Tarahumara frogs, Rana tarahumarae, from Sonora, Mexico. F. lowei is the 14th Nearctic species to be described and belongs to that group of species possessing a pseudosucker, namely F. catesbeianae, F. chabaudi, F. chelydrae, F. mexicana, and F. wardi. The new species can be readily differentiated from these by the arrangement of caudal papillae and length of spicules. Priority description of F. affinis is established and F. concinnae is removed from synonymy with F. affinis. In addition to F. lowei, 3 species of Digenea, Glypthelmins quieta, Haematoloechus breviplexus, Langeronia macrocirra; 1 species of Eucestoda, Ophiotaenia magna; 7 species of Nematoda, F. inglisi, Foleyellides striatus, Oswaldocruzia pipiens, Rhabdias ranae, Subulascaris falcaustriformis, Physaloptera sp. (larvae); and 1 species of Acanthocephala, an unidentified oligacanthorhynchid cystacanth, were found.

Charles R. Bursey and Stephen R. Goldberg "FALCAUSTRA LOWEI N. SP. AND OTHER HELMINTHS FROM THE TARAHUMARA FROG, RANA TARAHUMARAE (ANURA: RANIDAE), FROM SONORA, MEXICO," Journal of Parasitology 87(2), 340-344, (1 April 2001). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0340:FLNSAO]2.0.CO;2
Received: 28 July 2000; Accepted: 1 September 2000; Published: 1 April 2001
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