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Redescription ofPhysaloptera brevivaginata Seurat, 1917 (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) from the batMyotis blythii (Tomes) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Spain

Rafael ToledoJosé-guillermo EstebanP. Botella

subject

NematodeAnimal ecologyPhysalopteraZoologyParasitologyBiologyFemale reproductive systembiology.organism_classification

description

Physaloptera brevivaginata Seurat, 1917 (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) is redescribed. Seurat's (1917) original description of this species was based on a single immature female. Detailed morphological study of several males, mature and, above all, immature females from the stomach of the lesser mouse-eared batMyotis blythii (Tomes) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Spain, has elucidated many new morphological characters. This physalopterid species is distinguished from other closely-related species by the lengths of the body and spicules, the equatorial position of the vulva, the morphology of the female reproductive system and by a small conical process on the tail of mature females.M. blythii is a new host for this nematode.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1995-10-01Systematic Parasitology
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00009509