New records for the nematodes Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin) Travassos, Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas & Proença and Aproctella stoddardi Cram in Brazilian birds, with redescription of the species

Abstract

The species Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin, 1790) Travassos, 1913, Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas & Proença, 1945 and Aproctella stoddardi Cram, 1931, are redescribed and referred in new hosts. Acuaria mayori is reported for the first time in Brazil and Ap. stoddardi in South America. Ascaridia columbae is properly figured for the first time in Brazil

Nematode Parasites of Brazilian Corvid Birds (Passeriformes): A General Survey with a Description of Viktorocara brasiliensis n. sp. (Acuariidae, Schistorophinae)

“…The scope of the present investigation is related to avian nematodes parasitizing Brazilian birds, proceeding with previous reports on the subject (Pinto et al 1991, 1994. The results so far obtained during this study, mainly refer to the proposal of Viktorocara brasiliensis n. sp.…”

Acuaria paraguayensis n. sp. from Sirystes sibilator (Aves: Tyrannidae) in Paraguay and a redescription of A. mamillaris (Molin, 1860) from Cyanocorax cayanus (Corvidae) in Brazil, with a key to the species of Acuaria Bremser, 1811 (Nematoda: Acuariidae) in the New World

“…-A. cordonspinosa Baruš & Garrido, 1968 from Vireo griseus noveboracensis (Gmelin) (Vireonidae) in Cuba (Baruš & Garrido, 1968); -A. cyanocitta (Boyd, 1956) Skryabin, Sobolev & Ivashkin, 1965 from Cyanocitta cristata in the USA (Boyd, 1956); Williams, 1929 from Sturnella neglecta Audubon (Icteridae) in the USA (Williams, 1929); -A. mamillaris (Molin, 1860) Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 from Cyanocorax cayanus (L.) (Corvidae) in Brazil (Molin, 1860); -A. mayori Lent, Freitas & Proença, 1945 from Cyanocorax chrysops (Vieillot) from Paraguay (type-host and locality) (Lent et al, 1945). There are several further records of this species: from C. cyanomelas (Vieillot) (Corvidae) in Brazil (Pinto et al, 1997); from Sporophila caerulescens caerulescens (Vieillot) (Thraupidae) in Brazil (Pinto et al, 1991); from Sicalis flaveola (L.) (Thraupidae) in Brazil (Rodrigues et al, 2005); and from Myiarchus nuttingi (Ridgway) (Tyrannidae) in Costa Rica (Zhang et al, 2003). The latter three records are accompanied by descriptions.…”