Especie nueva del género protospirura (Nemata: Spiruridae) de Peromyscus difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) de Hidalgo, México

Abstract

A NEW SPECIES OF GENUS PHOTOSPIRURA SEURAT, 1914, A PARASITE OF PEROMYSCUS DIFFICILIS (RODENTIA: CRICETIDAE) FROM HUEHUETLA IN THE STATE OF HIDALGO, MEXICO IS DESCRIBED. THE NEW SPECIE DIFFERS FROM ALL OTHER CONGENERIC SPECIES IN THE PRESENCE OF A TOOTH ON EACH DORSAL AND VENTRAL LIP LOBE AS WELL AS IN THE MESUREMNTS OF SPICULES, THE RIGHT SPICULE BEING SMALLER THAN THE LEFT ONE.