A New Oxyurid Nematode, Alaeuris yumanae n. sp., from the Lizard, Dipsosarus dorsalis

The generic diagnosis of Alaeuris is emended based on the study and redescription of Alaeuris numidica from the cecum of Testudo graeca collected in Settat, Morocco and of Testudo hermanni collected in Catalonia, Spain. Scanning electron microscopy studies revealed that the papillae previously described as adanal are simple lobes because of the lack of terminal nerves, and that both preanal and postanal papillae are pedunculate. These new findings allowed us to emend the diagnosis of the genus and the species. A list of species of Alaeuris with biogeographic regions and hosts is provided.

OXYUROIDS OF PALEARCTIC TESTUDINIDAE—NEW DEFINITION FORALAEURISSeurat, 1918 (NEMATODA: PHARYNGODONIDAE) AND REDESCRIPTION OFALAEURIS NUMIDICA(Seurat, 1918)

Bouamer

Morand

Bourgat

2001

A New Species ofStrongyluris(Nematoda: Heterakidae) from the Lizard,Lophognathus temporalis(Sauria: Agamidae) from Papua New Guinea

Bursey¹,

Goldberg²,

Kraus³

2013

Strongyluris dracocola n. sp. from the intestine of Lophognathus temporalis collected in Papua New Guinea is described and illustrated. Strongyluris dracocola n. sp. represents the 32nd species assigned to the genus and the sixth from the Australo-Papuan region. It can be easily separated from the other Australo-Papuan species because it is the only species to have an unpaired median papilla adjacent to the sucker.

Helminths of Cnemidophorus ruthveni (Squamata: Teiidae) from Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, with Description of A New Species of Alaeuris (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae)

Bursey

Goldberg

Vitt

2012

Alaeuris rinconensis n. sp. (Oxyuroidea, Pharyngodonidae) from the large intestine of the Bonaire whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus ruthveni, is described and illustrated. Alaeuris rinconensis n. sp. represents the 13th Neotropical species assigned to the genus. It is most similar to Alaeuris iguanae in that only these 2 Neotropical species have postbulbar excretory pores; in A. iguanae, a tail filament is absent; in A. rinconensis, a tail filament is present. Two additional helminth species were found, i.e., the cestode Oochoristica iguanae and a nematode, Ozolaimus megatyphlon. Cnemidoporus ruthveni represents a new host record for the latter 2 species.