A New Species of Vexillata (Nemata: Ornithostrongylidae) from the Coarse-Haired Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus hispidus in New Mexico

Authors

Scott Lyell Gardner, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Edward B. Fong, University of California - Davis
Luma Al-Banna, University of JordanFollow
Stacie R. Raymond, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

8-1-1994

Comments

Published in the Journal of Parasitology (1994) 80(4): 591-594. Copyright 1994, the American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.

Abstract

Individuals of a new species of trichostrongyloid nematode of the genus Vexillata were collected from the intestines of the coarse-haired pocket mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus, from eastern New Mexico. This new species possesses general features of the genus Vexillata but may be recognized as distinct from all other species by unique features of the dorsal ray of the caudal bursa and the synlophe.