Check List 11(2): e19205, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1607
First report of Nematomystes scapteromi (Ganzorig, Oku, Okamoto, Malgor & Kamiya, 1999) Jiménez-Ruiz & Gardner, 2003 (Nematoda, Aspidoderidae) in Scapteromys tumidus Waterhouse, 1837 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from southern Brazil
expand article infoLeandro Ramos Duarte‡, Moisés Gallas‡, Eliane Fraga da Silveira‡, Eduardo Périco§
‡ Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Brazil§ Centro Universitário UNIVATES, Brazil

Corresponding author: Moisés Gallas ( mgallas88@gmail.com )

© 2017 Leandro Duarte, Moisés Gallas, Eliane Silveira, Eduardo Périco.
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Citation: Gallas M, Duarte L, da Silveira E, Périco E (2015) First report of Nematomystes scapteromi (Ganzorig, Oku, Okamoto, Malgor & Kamiya, 1999) Jiménez-Ruiz & Gardner, 2003 (Nematoda, Aspidoderidae) in Scapteromys tumidus Waterhouse, 1837 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from southern Brazil. Check List 11(2): 1607. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1607
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Abstract
Prior to the present study, Nematomystes scapteromi (Ganzorig, Oku, Okamoto, Malgor & Kamiya, 1999) Jiménez-Ruiz & Gardner, 2003 had been reported in Scapteromys tumidus Waterhouse, 1837 from Uruguay. Here, eight specimens of S. tumidus were collected in southern Brazil and necropsied. The nematodes encountered were determined as N. scapteromi through their morphometric traits. Prevalence was 87.5% and the mean intensity of infection of 18.3 helminths/host. This is the first report of N. scapteromi parasitizing S. tumidus in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Keywords
Waterhouse's Swamp Rat; rodent; taxonomy; helminth fauna; Neotropical Region