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A new species of Dipetalonema (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) from Ateles chamek from the Beni of Bolivia
- Source :
- The Journal of parasitology. 93(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- We describe a new species of Dipetalonema occurring in the body cavity of Ateles chamek (Humboldt, 1812) from north-central Bolivia. Morphologic characters serving to separate Dipetalonema yatesi n. sp. from known forms include a vagina vera with a simple tube and thin walls and a left spicule, which possesses a handle shorter than the lamina (ratio 2.7); the latter displays an anterior membranous alae similar in length to the terminal flagellum, a distal extremity of the left spicule within a simple hook and a membrane, phasmids at the basis of the lappets, and heterogeneous muscles occupying the whole cavity. Dipetalonema yatesi n. sp. can be separated from Dipetalonema robini, Dipetalonema gracile, and Dipetalonema graciliformis, between other characters, in having a simple vagina vera instead of a sinuous one, and from Dipetalonema caudispina and Dipetalonema freitasi in having the lamina of the left spicule divided in a membranous alae and a terminal flagellum.
- Subjects :
- Male
Spicule
Atelinae
Bolivia
biology
Monkey Diseases
Zoology
Dipetalonema gracile
Anatomy
biology.organism_classification
Dipetalonema
Onchocercidae
Dipetalonema robini
Alae
medicine.anatomical_structure
Dipetalonema Infections
medicine
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Animals
Parasitology
Female
Filarioidea
Body cavity
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00223395
- Volume :
- 93
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of parasitology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....34a414cecfe647398d2461ff39ed48f3