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Date of this Version
Spring 2022
Document Type
Thesis
Citation
Grappone, Bennett. 2022. A New Species of Mathevotaenia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Ctenomys Opimus (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) in Bolivia. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Abstract
A new species of Mathevotaenia Akumyan, 1946 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) is described from a specimen of Ctenomys opimus collected in the Altiplano region of Bolivia in 1984. This species represents the second Anoplocephalid parasite described from Ctenomys, and is represented by only a single specimen. This tapeworm has more testes per segment than other described species of Mathevotaenia from the same region. The description of a new species from a decades-old specimen highlights the need for continuous examination of museum material as well as the need for collection of new specimens from rapidly disappearing biomes around the world.
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Copyright Bennett Grappone 2022.