A New Species of Linstowia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Marsupials in Bolivia

Authors

Scott Lyell Gardner, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Mariel L. Campbell, University of New MexicoFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

10-1-1992

Citation

Journal of Parasitology (1992) 78(5): 795-799

Comments

Copyright 1992, American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission

Abstract

A new species of cestode of the genus Linstowia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) is described from marsupials of the genera Thylamys and Monodelphis. The new species (Linstowia schmidti) differs from L. iheringi Zschokke, 1904, in having a much smaller strobila and reduced number of proglottids, and in the distribution of the eggs in gravid proglottids. In Bolivia, cestodes of the genus Linstowia appear to have a restricted geographic distribution, occurring in marsupials only in southeastern Bolivia near the western margin of the Chaco. This host-parasite association may represent an ecological-historical relict.