Check List 12(3): e19514, doi: 10.15560/12.3.1912
Distribution extension of Syphacia (Seuratoxyuris) peromysci Harkema, 1936 (Nematoda, Syphaciinae) parasitizing the Rock Mouse, Peromyscus difficilis (J. A. Allen, 1891) (Rodentia, Neotominae) in central Mexico
expand article infoJorge Falcón-Ordaz, Jesús A. Fernández, Belén Aline Ruíz-Vázquez
‡ Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico
Open Access
Abstract
As a part of an ongoing project in order to inventory the helminth parasites of rodents in Mexico, 49 individuals of Syphacia (Seuratoxyuris) peromysci were collected from five specimens of the Rock Mouse Peromyscus difficilis caught in Veracruz state, Mexico. This is the first report of S. peromysci in a Mexican endemic rodent, widening the known distribution of the species to the southern portion of the country.
Keywords
rodent; taxonomy; helminth fauna; geographic distribution