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Helminth fauna of Nicaragua

IV. Sacciuterina mathevossiani sp.nov. (Dilepididae), and other cestodes of birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Gerald D. Schmidt  and
Kenneth A. Neiland
Gerald D. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, 80631
Kenneth A. Neiland
Affiliation:
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701
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Cestodes collected from birds of El Recreo, Zelaya, Nicaragua are reported. Sacciuterina mathevossiani sp.nov. from Rhamphocaenus rufiventris is the only species in the genus with 32 rostellar hooks, each 22–24 μm long, and with 5–9 testes. Angularella beema (Clerc, 1906) Strand, 1928, from Iridoprocne albilinea, is partially redescribed. Also reported are Dilepis undula (Schrank, 1788) Weinland, 1858, from Turdus grayi; Anomotaenia mutabilis (Rudolphi, 1819) Baer et Bona, 1960, from Florida caerulea; Ophiovalipora lintoni (Olsen, 1937) Coil, 1950, from Butorides viriscens; Hymenolepsis pellucida Fuhrmann, 1906, from Ramphocelus paserinii and Gymnostinops montezuma; and Raillietina (R). maplestonei Southwell, 1930, from Amazona autumnalis. All are new records for Nicaragua.

Thanks are expressed to Dr Thomas R. Howell, University of California who, assisted by Mr John Zeiger, collected and identified the hosts. The collecting of birds was supported in part by a grant to Dr Howell from the University of California Association in Tropical Biogeography. Gratitude is also expressed to Dr W. H. Coil, University of Kansas, who examined some of the specimens and offered helpful suggestions, and to Miss Dorothy B. Segal, Beltsville Parasitological Laboratory, for checking the records on Angularella.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , February 1971 , pp. 145 - 149
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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