Vieira Fabiano M, Muniz-Pereira Luís C, de Souza Lima Sueli, Neto Antonio H A Moraes, Guimarães Erick V, Luque José L
Curso de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, CEP: 23890-000, Brazil.
J Parasitol. 2013 Apr;99(2):327-31. doi: 10.1645/GE-3171.1. Epub 2012 Sep 27.
Angiostrongylus felineus n. sp. (Nematoda, Metastrongyloidea), parasitic in Puma (Herpailurus) yagouaroundi (É. Geoffroy, 1803) (Carnivora, Felidae) from the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, is described and illustrated herein. Angiostrongylus felineus n. sp. differs from all congeneric species by having the anterior extremity with accentuated cuticular expansion and by smaller size of spicules. This study describes for the first time a species of Angiostrongylus in a wild Felidae in Brazil.
本文描述并图示了来自巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州茹伊斯迪福拉市的美洲狮(Herpailurus)美洲金猫(É. Geoffroy,1803年)(食肉目,猫科)体内寄生的新种猫圆线虫(Angiostrongylus felineus n. sp.)(线虫纲,后圆线虫总科)。猫圆线虫新种与所有同属物种的区别在于其前端有明显的角质层扩张,且交合刺较小。本研究首次描述了巴西野生猫科动物体内的一种圆线虫。