GONGYLONEMA MADELEINENSIS N-SP (NEMATODA, SPIRUROIDEA), FROM MASTOMYSERYTHROLEUCUS (RODENTIA) FROM A SENEGALESE ISLAND

Authors
DIOUF M BA CT MARCHAND B VASSILIADES G
Citation
M. Diouf et al., GONGYLONEMA MADELEINENSIS N-SP (NEMATODA, SPIRUROIDEA), FROM MASTOMYSERYTHROLEUCUS (RODENTIA) FROM A SENEGALESE ISLAND, The Journal of parasitology, 83(4), 1997, pp. 706-708
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
The Journal of parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223395
Volume
83
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
706 - 708
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3395(1997)83:4<706:GMN(SF>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A new species of gongylonematid parasites of the rodent Mastomys eryth roleucus is described. Gongylonema madeleinensis n. sp. differs from t he other species of the genus by the size of its eggs and spicules-gub ernaculum complex, the form and distribution of its cuticular scutella , and the absence of a pore on its cephalic plate. After examination o f the esophageal content of 270 continental and 29 insular rodents, G. madeleinensis n. sp. seems to be endemic to the island ''des Madelein es'' near Dakar, Senegal.