Artigo
Helminthological records of six-banded Armadillos Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Brazilian semi-arid region, Patos county, Paraiba state, including new morphological data on Trichohelix tuberculata (Parona and Stossich, 1901) Ortlepp, 1922 and proposal of Hadrostrongylus ransomi nov comb.
Fecha
2009-05-01Registro en:
Brazilian Journal of Biology. São Carlos: Int Inst Ecology, v. 69, n. 2, p. 423-428, 2009.
1519-6984
10.1590/S1519-69842009000200027
S1519-69842009000200027
WOS:000268140300026
S1519-69842009000200027.pdf
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
UniRP
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)
Resumen
This work aimed to evaluate the gastrointestinal helminthfauna composition of six-banded armadillos from the Brazilian semi-arid region. Gastrointestinal contents of six road-killed adult animals from Patos County, Paraiba State, were analyzed. Six species of nematodes, comprising five genera and four families, were recovered from the analyzed animals. New morphological data on Trichohelix tuberculata is given, along with a new taxonomical proposal for Hadrostrongylus ransomi (Travassos, 1935) n. comb. This is the first record for parasitic helminths in this host from the Brazilian semi-arid.