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A New Nematode, Longibucca Lasiura N.SP. (Rhabditoidea, Cylindrogasteridae), from a Bat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Allen McIntosh  and
B. G. Chitwood
Allen McIntosh
Affiliation:
Zoological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
B. G. Chitwood
Affiliation:
Zoological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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Nematodes of the superfamily Rhabditoidea are usually free-living; however, a few species appear to be definitely parasitic. The Nematode described in this paper belongs to the latter group. It was found in large numbers in the small intestine of one of two bats, Lasiurus borealis, captured September 15th, 1932, in the vicinity of Washington, D.C. Additional specimens of this species of bat were not obtained for examination. Two specimens of each of two other species of bats, Eptesicus fuscus and Nycticeius humeralis, collected from the same locality were negative for this parasite. The Nematode is a member of the family Cylindrogasteridae Chitwood 1933, and appears to be congeneric with Longibucca vivipara Chitwood 1933, found in the wall of the stomach of a South American snake, Pseudoboa cloelia.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , April 1934 , pp. 138 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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References

Chitwood, B. G. (1933). Some Nematodes of the superfamily Rhabditoidea as parasites of reptiles and amphibians. J. Wash. Acad. Science, 23, (11), 508–20, figs. 1–20.Google Scholar