Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Nov 1997)

Aplectana artigasi n.sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) from the Frog Eupsophus calcaratus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Southern Chile

  • Sonia Puga,
  • Patricio Torres

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761997000600007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 92, no. 6
p. 767

Abstract

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A new species of nematode found in the intestine of Eupsophus calcaratus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Yaldad, Chile (45° 5'S;73° 43'W) is described. This new nematode is compared with other South American species of the genus. Aplectana artigasi differs from the only known Chilean species, Aplectana chilensis, as the former has a greater number of postanal papillae and a double papilla in the ventral region of the tail

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