Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of

 

Title

Tadaridanema delicatus (Schwartz, 1927) n. gen., n. comb. (Trichostrongylina: Molineidae) Parasite of Molossidae Bats

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

12-1-2006

Comments

Published in the Journal of Parasitology, vol. 92, no. 5 (2006): 1035-1042. Copyright 2006, American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.

Abstract

On the basis of the revision of the type material of <i>Anoplostrongylus delicatus</i> Schwartz, 1927, and new specimens collected from <i>Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana</i> (Saussure, 1860) in 4 arid localities from Mexico, we describe a new genus (<i>Tadaridanema</i> n. gen.), to which <i>A. delicatus</i> is transferred (as <i>Tadaridanema delicatus</i> (Schwartz, 1927) n. gen., n. comb.). This new genus differs from all other genera included in noplostrongylinae by having ray 2 larger than ray 3. In addition, <i>T. delicatus</i> can be differentiated from the type species of <i>Anoplostrongylus</i> (<i>Anoplostrongylus paradoxus</i> (Travassos, 1918)) because it possess vestibular branches equal in length, cephalic inflation divided into 2 regions, and synlophe with many small ridges at the midbody level, whereas in <i>T. delicatus</i>, vestibular branches are equal in size, cephalic inflation is simple in structure, and the synlophe has only 2 well-developed dorsal cuticular ridges.