A New Species of Linstowia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Marsupials in Bolivia

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1992 United States Publisher:JSTORJournal:The Journal of Parasitology, volume 78, page 795 (issn: 0022-3395,

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Authors: Gardner, Scott Lyell; Campbell, Mariel L.;

doi: 10.2307/3283306

pmid: 1403419

A New Species of Linstowia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Marsupials in Bolivia

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A new species of cestode of the genus Linstowia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) is described from marsupials of the genera Thylamys and Monodelphis. The new species (Linstowia schmidti) differs from Linstowia iheringi Zschokke, 1904, in having a much smaller strobila and reduced number of proglottids, and in the distribution of the eggs in gravid proglottids. In Bolivia, cestodes of the genus Linstowia appear to have a restricted geographic distribution, occurring in marsupials only in southeastern Bolivia near the western margin of the Chaco. This host-parasite association may represent an ecological-historical relict.

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University of California, Davis
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Keywords

species description, cestodes, Bolivia, Anoplocephalidae, 590, Linstowia, Opossums, Cestode Infections, Animals, Cestoda, Parasitology, marsupials

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