A new species of Microtetrameres (Nematoda, Tetrameridae) parasitizing Buteogallus urubitinga (Aves, Accipitridae) from northeastern Argentina



Document title: A new species of Microtetrameres (Nematoda, Tetrameridae) parasitizing Buteogallus urubitinga (Aves, Accipitridae) from northeastern Argentina
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000424402
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, La Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina
Year:
Season: Sep
Volumen: 90
Number: 3
Pages: 2967-2976
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract A new tetramerid nematode, Microtetrameres urubitinga n. sp., is described from specimens recovered from the proventriculus of the great black-hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga (Aves: Accipitridae), from Formosa Province, Argentina. The males of the new species are characterized by having spicules unequal (length ratio of spicules 1:3.8–5.9) and dissimilar in shape (right spicule with a simple tip, left spicule with a symmetrical bifurcated tip), caudal papillae arranged asymmetrically (two pairs precloacal and two pairs postcloacal) and cloacal lips highly protruded forming a tube. The gravid females are permanently coiled clockwise or counterclockwise in a spiral and having a tail tapering gradually to a sharp point, with a cuticular fold. This is the first nominal species of Microtetrameres (Travassos, 1915) described parasitizing birds from Argentina. The relationship between the diet of B. urubitinga and the low prevalence of M. urubitinga n. sp. is discussed
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Taxonomía y sistemática,
Helmintos,
Parásitos de aves,
Nuevas especies,
Descripción taxonómica,
Microtetrameres urubitinga,
Nematoda,
Buteogallus urubitinga,
Argentina
Keyword: Taxonomy and systematics,
Helminths,
Bird parasites,
New species,
Taxonomic description,
Microtetrameres urubitinga,
Nematoda,
Buteogallus urubitinga,
Argentina
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