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

Date of this Version

10-1-1992

Comments

Published in the Journal of Parasitology, v. 78, no. 5 (1992): 795-799. Copyright 1992, the 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 Linstowia 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.