PARASITISM OF MATHEVOTAENIA SP. (CESTODA: ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE) AND CENTRORHYNCHUS SP. (ACANTHOCEPHALA: CENTRORHYNCHIDAE) IN DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS (MAMMALIA: XENARTHRA) IN BRAZIL

Authors

  • Samara Nunes Gomes Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, UFPel, CP354, CEP96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3902-4483
  • Tatiana Cheuiche Pesenti Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, UFPel, CP354, CEP96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
  • Gertrud Muller Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, UFPel, CP354, CEP96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4138-0375

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621019

Keywords:

Acanthocephala, Brazil, Cestoda, Nine, banded, armadillo.

Abstract

During the period of 2009 and 2010, 30 specimens of Dasypus novemcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) were collected from different regions of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with the objective of identifying the parasites that occurs in the Pampa Biome. Cestoda and Acanthocephala, were found in the intestine of six armadillos, which were identified as Mathevotaenia sp. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) and Centrorhynchus sp. (Acanthocephala: Centrorhynchidae). Both parasites are recorded for the first time in nine banded armadillo in Brazil.

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Published

2012-12-12

How to Cite

Nunes Gomes, S., Cheuiche Pesenti, T., & Muller, G. (2012). PARASITISM OF MATHEVOTAENIA SP. (CESTODA: ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE) AND CENTRORHYNCHUS SP. (ACANTHOCEPHALA: CENTRORHYNCHIDAE) IN DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS (MAMMALIA: XENARTHRA) IN BRAZIL. Neotropical Helminthology, 6(2), 287–290. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621019

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