A New Spirurid (Nematoda) Parasite from Mormoopid Bats in Mexico

Jorge Luis Peralta-Rodríguez; Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano; José Antonio Guerrero

doi:10.1645/GE-2933.1

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Jorge Luis Peralta-Rodríguez,¹ Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano,^1,* José Antonio Guerrero^1,**

¹Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Laboratorio de Parasitología de Animales Silvestres, Facultad d

^*Laboratorio de Parasitología de animales silvestres, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Av. Universidad No. 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
^**Laboratorio de Sistemática y Morfogía, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Av. Universidad No. 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.

Abstract

A new nematode species, Spirura mexicana n. sp., is described from specimens recovered from the esophageal mucosa of the Parnell's mustached bat Pteronotus parnellii, Davy's naked-backed bat Pteronotus davyi, Wagner's mustached bat Pteronotus personatus, and the ghost-faced bat Mormoops megalophylla in the State of Morelos, Mexico. This nematode is characterized by having a relatively short prostoma, 5–6 pairs of caudal papillae, and a smooth distal end of the tail in females. This is the first species of Spirura described from bats in the New World.

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Jorge Luis Peralta-Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano, and José Antonio Guerrero "A New Spirurid (Nematoda) Parasite from Mormoopid Bats in Mexico," Journal of Parasitology 98(5), 1006-1009, (1 October 2012). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2933.1

Received: 29 July 2011; Accepted: 1 April 2012; Published: 1 October 2012

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