Gastrointestinal helminths of opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae) from Bolivia

A total of 32 taxa of helminths were recovered from 52 individuals corresponding to 17 species of didelphiomorph marsupials collected across Bolivia. From these, 20 taxa are registered for the first time in this landlocked South American country, including the cestode Mathevotaenia bivittata, and th...

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Published in:Parasitology 2024-06, Vol.151 (7), p.637-649
Main Authors: Jiménez, F. Agustín, Campbell, Mariel L., Byles, Beth, Scheibel, Raymond Philip, Gardner, Scott L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
biological inventories
Bolivia
Bolivia - epidemiology
Ethanol
Female
Helminthiasis, Animal - epidemiology
Helminthiasis, Animal - parasitology
Helminths - classification
Helminths - isolation & purification
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - epidemiology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - parasitology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - veterinary
Male
Marsupials
Monodelphis
mouse opossums
Museums
Natural history
Nematodes
New records
Opossums - parasitology
parasite collections
Parasites
Prevalence
Pterygodermatites
Taxa
taxonomic impediment
Vaucheria hamata
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Summary:A total of 32 taxa of helminths were recovered from 52 individuals corresponding to 17 species of didelphiomorph marsupials collected across Bolivia. From these, 20 taxa are registered for the first time in this landlocked South American country, including the cestode Mathevotaenia bivittata, and the nematodes Moennigia sp., Travassostrongylus callis, Viannaia didelphis, V. hamata, V. metachirops, V. minispicula, V. philanderi, V. simplicispicula, V. skrjabini, V. viannai, Cruzia tentaculata, Monodelphoxyuris dollmeiri, Neohilgertia venusti, Pterygodermatites elegans, Pterygodermatites jeagerskioldi, Spirura guianensis, Gongylonemoides marsupialis, Turgida turgida and Trichuris reesali. We report for the first time parasites for Marmosops bishopi, Monodelphis emiliae, Monodeplhis glirina, Monodelphis sanctarosae, Monodelphis peruviana and Thylamys sponsorius and document 38 new records of parasites infecting marsupials. Twenty-six taxa of helminths infect 2 or more species of didelphiomorph marsupials, with the exception of Travassostrongylus callis, Viannaia didelphis, V. hamata, V. minispicula and V. hamate, which infected individuals of a single species.
ISSN:0031-1820
1469-8161
1469-8161
DOI:10.1017/S0031182024000490