Arhythmorhynchus capellae sp. n. (Polymorphidae: Acanthocephala), A Parasite of the Common Snipe Capella gallinago delicata

Authors

Gerald D. Schmidt, University of Northern ColoradoFollow

Date of this Version

6-1963

Comments

Published in the Journal of Parasitology (June 1963) 49(3): 483-484. Copyright 1963, the American Society of Parasitologists. Use by permission.

Abstract

Arhythmorhynchus capellae sp. n. is described. The description is based on seven males and seven females from the Common Snipe in northern Colorado. The species is contrasted with two similar species, A. comptus Van Cleave and Rausch, 1950 and A. eroliae (Yamaguti, 1939) Van Cleave and Rausch, 1950. It differs from the former in having 14 proboscis hooks per row rather than eight or nine, and from the latter in having no bursal rays and 16 rows of 14 hooks rather than 18 rows of 12 to 13 hooks.