Zoology Faculty Work
Title
A New Species of Skrjabingylus Petrov, 1927 (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) from the Frontal Sinuses of the Hooded Skunk, Mephitis Macroura (Mustelidae)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Publication Title
Journal of Parasitology
Volume Number
91
Issue Number
1
DOI
10.1645/GE-334R
Abstract
Skrjabingylus santaceciliae n. sp. is described based on specimens from the frontal sinuses of a hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura, collected from the Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Skrjabingylus santaceciliae n. sp. differs from the other 5 species in the genus in having pointed spicule tips that lack a rounded or lobed formation and by lacking a prominent distal projection at the tail tip. Morphometric comparisons show that S. santaceciliae n. sp. is much smaller than the only other valid species from Mephitis, Skrjabingylus chitwoodorum Hill, 1939. Likewise, morphometric comparisons also distinguish S. santaceciliae n. sp. from other described Skrjabingylus species.
ISSN
0022-3395
First Page
102
Last Page
107
Recommended Citation
Carreno, Ramon A.; Reif, Kathryn E.; and Nadler, Steven A., "A New Species of Skrjabingylus Petrov, 1927 (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) from the Frontal Sinuses of the Hooded Skunk, Mephitis Macroura (Mustelidae)" (2005). Zoology Faculty Work. 55.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/zool_pubs/55
Link Out URL
https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-334R