Two new species of Parapharyngodon parasites of Sceloporus pyrocephalus, with a key to the species found in Mexico (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae)

• Published in: ZooKeys Vol. 559; no. 559; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Garduño Montes de Oca, Edgar Uriel, Mata-López, Rosario, León-Règagnon, Virginia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 01.01.2016
• Subjects: cloaca; Eggs; Identification keys; Intestine; intestines; lizards; Mexico; Morphology; New species; Papillae; Parapharyngodon; Parasites; Physical characteristics; Sceloporus; Sceloporus pyrocephalus; taxonomic keys; Uterus; Zoology; Mexico; Helminth; Reptile; Lacertilia; Michoacán; Guerrero; Phrynosomatidae; Enteric nematode

Two new species of Parapharyngodon collected from the intestine of the Mexican boulder spiny lizard Sceloporus pyrocephalus are described. This study increases to 49 the number of valid species assigned to Parapharyngodon worldwide, 11 of them distributed in Mexico. Males of the two new species shar...