TWO NEW SPECIES OF PARASITIC THELASTOMATIDAE NEMATODES OF THE WILD COCKROACH BLAPTICA DUBIA SERVILLE, 1839 (BLATTODEA, BLABERIDAE) IN ARGENTINA

Authors

  • Nora Camino 1Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de vectores, CEPAVE, Argentina. 2Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Argentina. 3Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires, CIC. Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-3986
  • Guillermo R. Reboredo Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de vectores, CEPAVE, Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1214-316X
  • Sandra González 1Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de vectores, CEPAVE, Argentina. 2Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Argentina. 3Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires, CIC. Argentina. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-0516

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20221621450

Keywords:

new species , Thelastomatidae , wild cockroach , Argentina

Abstract

Two new species nematodes (Thelastomatidae) are described. Both parasites of the wild cockroach Blaptica dubia Serville, 1839 (Blattodea, Blaberidae), found in the Horticultural Belt of La Plata, Argentina. Thelastoma simplex sp. n. is characterized by small, pear-shaped amphidia, cuticularized stoma, no teeth, nerve ring anterior to the basal bulb, excretory pore is situated between basal bulb and beginning of the intestine, vulva protuberant in half of body, muscular vagina, amphidelphic, with anal wing and a very long, threadlike caudal appendage. Males with spicules on anal promontory accompanied by a thick, strong gubernaculum, genital papillae in three simple preanal papillae, of which the first is very large, adanal pair and a simple postanal at base of caudal appendage. Blattophila incomptus sp. n. has short stoma with plate and two teeth, large amphidia, excretory pore near base of the basal bulb, nerve ring located at anterior end of the corpus, dilated intestine at anterior end, vulva in half of body, vagina directed anteriorly. Males with a rudimentary pointed spicule, gubernaculum present, male genital papillae arranged in an unpaired preanal and two postanal papillae, the caudal appendage long and filiform.

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2022-11-07

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Camino, N., Reboredo, G. R., & González, S. (2022). TWO NEW SPECIES OF PARASITIC THELASTOMATIDAE NEMATODES OF THE WILD COCKROACH BLAPTICA DUBIA SERVILLE, 1839 (BLATTODEA, BLABERIDAE) IN ARGENTINA. Neotropical Helminthology, 16(2), 173–181. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20221621450

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