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2022-01-01
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A NEW METASTRONGILID SPECIES (NEMATODA: METASTRONGYLIDAE): A LUNGWORM FROM AKODON MONTENSIS (RODENTIA: SIGMODONTINAE) IN BRAZIL
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Angiostrongylus lenzii n. sp. (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) is described and illustrated from the pulmonary artery of the
wild rodent Akodon montensis Thomas, 1913, collected in the municipality of Teresopólis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. It represents the
17th species of the genus and the 2nd in South America as parasites in rodents. This new species is the most similar morphologically to
Angiostrongylus vasorum, Angiostrongylus gubernaculatus, Angiostrongylus schmidti, and Angiostrongylus morerai. It can be
distinguished from them by the morphology of the caudal bursa, ventral rays 2 and 3 with conspicuous knobs, differences in width
and length of lateral and dorsal rays, presence of rays 8, and length of spicules.
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