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Issue: Vol. 4247 No. 1: 24 Mar. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-03-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.12
Page range: 83–88
Abstract views: 86
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Aplectana nordestina n. sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) parasitizing Leposternon polystegum (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Northeastern, Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Av. Humberto Monte, Pici, 60455-970, Bloco 902, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil
UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Parasitologia, Avenida Bento Lopes, sem número, Distrito de Rubião Junior, CEP 18618-970, Caixa postal 510, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri – URCA, R. Cel. Antônio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, CEP 63105-000, Crato, CE, Brasil
UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Parasitologia, Avenida Bento Lopes, sem número, Distrito de Rubião Junior, CEP 18618-970, Caixa postal 510, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Av. Humberto Monte, Pici, 60455-970, Bloco 902, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri – URCA, R. Cel. Antônio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, CEP 63105-000, Crato, CE, Brasil
Nematoda Cosmocercidae

Abstract

There are currently 760 reptile species known in Brazil, from which about 70 are amphisbaenians with 25 species recorded in the Brazilian northeast (Vanzolini 2002; Gomes & Maciel 2012; Costa & Bérnils, 2014; Roberto et al., 2014). Leposternon polystegum Duméril, is a widespread species distributed in the Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Caatinga biomes (Porto et al., 2000; Ribeiro et al., 2011). The diet is composed mainly by ants, termites, and coleopteran larvae (Barros-Filho & Valverde, 1996; Gomes et al., 2009).

 

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