A New Metastrongyloidean Species (Nematoda) Parasitizing Pulmonary Arteries of Puma (Herpailurus) yagouaroundi (É. Geoffroy, 1803) (Carnivora: Felidae) from Brazil

Fabiano M. Vieira; Luís C. Muniz-Pereira; Sueli de Souza Lima; Antonio H. A. Moraes Neto; Erick V. Guimarães; José L. Luque

doi:10.1645/GE-3171.1

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1 April 2013 A New Metastrongyloidean Species (Nematoda) Parasitizing Pulmonary Arteries of Puma (Herpailurus) yagouaroundi (É. Geoffroy, 1803) (Carnivora: Felidae) from Brazil

Fabiano M. Vieira, Luís C. Muniz-Pereira, Sueli de Souza Lima, Antonio H. A. Moraes Neto, Erick V. Guimarães, José L. Luque

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J. of Parasitology, 99(2):327-331 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3171.1

Abstract

Angiostrongylus felineus n. sp. (Nematoda, Metastrongyloidea), parasitic in Puma (Herpailurus) yagouaroundi (É. Geoffroy, 1803) (Carnivora, Felidae) from the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, is described and illustrated herein. Angiostrongylus felineus n. sp. differs from all congeneric species by having the anterior extremity with accentuated cuticular expansion and by smaller size of spicules. This study describes for the first time a species of Angiostrongylus in a wild Felidae in Brazil.

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Fabiano M. Vieira, Luís C. Muniz-Pereira, Sueli de Souza Lima, Antonio H. A. Moraes Neto, Erick V. Guimarães, and José L. Luque "A New Metastrongyloidean Species (Nematoda) Parasitizing Pulmonary Arteries of Puma (Herpailurus) yagouaroundi (É. Geoffroy, 1803) (Carnivora: Felidae) from Brazil," Journal of Parasitology 99(2), 327-331, (1 April 2013). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3171.1

Received: 10 April 2012; Accepted: 1 September 2012; Published: 1 April 2013

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