Molineus cati n. sp. (Nematoda, Trichostrongylina, Molineoidea), a parasite of feral cats, Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 in South Africa.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res
; 67(3): 173-7, 2000 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11131118
ABSTRACT
A new species of the genus Molineus Cameron, 1923 was recovered from feral cats, Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758, in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Because of a caudal bursa with rays of the 2-1-2 type, but with the extremities of rays 4 nearer those of rays 3 than those of rays 5, the new species is closely related to seven Neotropical Molineus spp., four parasitic in Primates, two parasitic in Mustelidae and one a parasite of Procyonidae. Amongst these species, only Molineus barbaris Cameron, 1936, a parasite of Tayra barbara (Mustelidae) from Trinidad and Molineus vexillarius (Dunn, 1961), a parasite of Tamarinus nigricollis (Primates) from Peru have rays 4 longer than two-thirds the length of rays 3, like the new species. However, the new species is differentiated from the other two in that rays 9 arise at the level of the bifurcation of the dorsal ray and not after the division as is the case with M. barbaris and M. vexillarius.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cat Diseases
/
Strongylida Infections
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Strongylida
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
Onderstepoort J Vet Res
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France
Country of publication:
SOUTH AFRICA
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SUDAFRICA
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ZA
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ÁFRICA DO SUL