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Tetrameres (Tetrameres) spirospiculum n. sp. (Nematoda, Tetrameridae) from the Buff-necked Ibis, Theristicus caudatus caudatus (Boddaert) (Aves, Threskiornithidae)

Abstract

Tetrameres (T.) spirospiculum n. sp. is proposed, taking into account the very unusual aspect of the longer spicule, which is slender and progressively spiralled from its middle, towards the distal end, that promptly distinguishes it from all the species of the genus.

nematodes; Tetrameres (Tetrameres) spirospiculum n. sp.; Ciconiiformes; birds; Brazil


ABSTRACT

Tetrameres (Tetrameres) spirospiculum n. sp. (Nematoda, Tetrameridae) from the Buff-necked Ibis, Theristicus caudatus caudatus (Boddaert) (Aves, Threskiornithidae)

Roberto Magalhães Pinto1

J. Júlio Vicente1

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Helmintologia, Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Vertebrados, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Tetrameres (T.) spirospiculum n. sp. is proposed, taking into account the very unusual aspect of the longer spicule, which is slender and progressively spiralled from its middle, towards the distal end, that promptly distinguishes it from all the species of the genus.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    01 June 2009
  • Date of issue
    Oct 1995
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