Oligacanthorhynchus lamasi (Freitas and Costa, 1964) comb. n. from Domestic Cats of Brazil

Authors

J. F.R. Amato, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Brent B. Nickol, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
O. M. Froes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SuI

Date of this Version

1979

Citation

Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, v. 46, no.2 (1979)

Comments

Used by permission

Abstract

Freitas and Costa (1964, Arq. Esc. Vet. Univ. Fed. Minas Gerais 16:231-234) described a new species, Echinopardalis lamasi, from two acanthocephalans (1 male, 1 female) of a cat, Felis domestica (=F. catus), captured in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. These specimens have been lost (Freitas, 1975, personal communication). Until two of 127 domestic cats, F. catus, from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do SuI, captured between October 1973 and July 1976, were found to harbor respectively two and nine acanthocephalans conspecific with those described by Freitas and Costa, no additional specimens of this species were available for study. These new specimens assist in clarifying the generic affinities of E. lamasi and permit additions to the species description.