A New Species of IVampirolepis/I in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil

The Amazon biome has a great diversity of bat species. In the state of Acre, Brazil, there is an estimated occurrence of 64 bat species with the species of the genus Artibeus as one of the most abundant. Despite their abundance and widespread distribution within the biome, the helminth fauna from Am...

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Published in:Diversity (Basel) 2023-06, Vol.15 (6)
Main Authors: dos Santos, Michele Maria, Simões, Raquel de Oliveira, D’Andrea, Paulo Sérgio, Verde, Rair de Sousa, Maldonado Júnior, Arnaldo, Argueta Cartagena, Reina Isabel, Ubiali, Daniel Guimarães, Luque, José Luis
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Summary:The Amazon biome has a great diversity of bat species. In the state of Acre, Brazil, there is an estimated occurrence of 64 bat species with the species of the genus Artibeus as one of the most abundant. Despite their abundance and widespread distribution within the biome, the helminth fauna from Amazonian bats is still poorly known. In this way, the objective of this study is to describe a new species of cestode from the genus Vampirolepis found in A. lituratus, collected at the Parque Estadual do Chandless, a natural preserved area, located in the Purus River Basin, Southwest Amazon, the state of Acre. The new species of Vampirolepis is distinguished from the others by the number and size of hooks, testes disposition, size of the cirrus sac, ovaries and internal and external seminal vesicles. Additionally, molecular study showed that this forms a paraphyletic clade with Vampirolepis elongatus.
ISSN:1424-2818
1424-2818
DOI:10.3390/d15060791