Title
Cruzia tentaculata (Rudolphi, 1819) Travassos, 1917 in Didelphis pernigra (Allen, 1900) in the Acero Marka Valley of the Yungas of La Paz, Bolivia / Cruzia tentaculata (Rudolphi, 1819) Travassos, 1917 en Didelphis Pernigra (Allen, 1900) del Valle de Acero Marka de los Yungas de La Paz, Bolivia.
Author(s)
José Luis Mollericona; Rodolfo Nallar
Published
2014
Publisher
Neotropical Helminthology
Abstract
We report the finding of the nematode, Cruzia tentacula (Rudolphi, 1819) in the cecum of an Andean white-eared opossum Didelphis pernigraAllen, 1900 in the Yungas of La Paz, Bolivia. Sixty nematodes were cleared with lacto phenol Amman and identified as C. tentacula. This is the first record of this species in Bolivian didelphid hosts. / Registramos el hallazgo del nematodo, Cruzia tentacula Rudolphi, 1819, encontrado en el ciego de una zarigüeya andina de orejas blancas Didelphis pernigraAllen, 1900 en los Yungas de La Paz, Bolivia. Los nematodos fueron aclarados con lacto fenol de Amman e identificados como C. tentacula. Este es el primer registro de esta especie nematodo en este didelfido en Bolivia.
Keywords
Cruzia tentaculata; Didelphis pernigra; La Paz; Bolivia

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