Litomosoides (Nemata: Filarioidea) of bats from bolivia with records for three known species and the description of a new species

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 775-782

  Notarnicola, Juliana ^a   Ruíz, F Agustín Jiménez ^a,b   Gardner, Scott L ^a,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE INFESTATION; SYMPATRY;

.CHIRODERMA SALVINI; .DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; .HISTIOTUS VELATUS; ALLOTYPE; ANOURA CAUDIFER; ANOURA GEOFFROYI; ARTIBEUS ANDERSENI; ARTIBEUS GLAUCUS; ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; ARTIBEUS OBSCURUS; ARTICLE; BAT; BOLIVIA; CAROLLIA; CAROLLIA BREVICAUDA; CAROLLIA CASTANEA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; EPTESICUS FURINALIS; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHAGA; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LASIURUS EGA; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES BRASILIENSIS; LITOMOSOIDES CARINII; LITOMOSOIDES CHANDLERI; LITOMOSOIDES HAMLETTI; LITOMOSOIDES SALAZARI; LONCHOPHILLA; LONCHOPHILLA THOMASI; MALE; MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS; MYOTIS NIGRICANS; NONHUMAN; NYCTINOMOPS AURISPINOSUS; NYCTINOMOPS LATICAUDATUS; NYCTINOMOPS MACROTIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLATYRRHINUS HELLERI; SPECIES; STURNIRA LILIUM; STURNIRA OPORAPHILUM; THYROPTERA TRICOLOR; TRACHOPS CIRRHOSUS; URODERMA BILOBATUM; URODERMA MAGNIROSTRUM; VULVA;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; MALE; PREVALENCE;

BOLIVIA; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; YUNGAS;

FILARIOIDEA; LASIURUS EGA; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES BRASILIENSIS; LITOMOSOIDES HAMLETTI; NEMATODA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 77956151724     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2371.1     Document Type: Article

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