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Redescription of Hedruris mucronifer (Nematoda: Hedruridae) parasite of Telmatobius schreiteri (Anura, Telmatobiidae) from Tucumán, Argentina

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The species Hedruris mucronifer Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1952 parasite of Telmatobius schreiteri from Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina is herein redescribed. The main morphological characters used for its identification are illustrated. The lectotype and paralectotype are designated, respectively. The specific epithet of the host is rectified.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Marcela Peralta, curator of the Colección Helmintológica de la Fundación Miguel Lillo, San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, for providing the examined specimens. We are grateful to Pablo Pereira for help with the digitalization of figures. We would also like to thank Luciano Martinez and Hernán Esquivel with the staff of the Laboratory of Scanning Electron Microscopy (CIME), for their technical assistance and to two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.

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  1. Instituto de Invertebrados, Fundación Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, 4000, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

    Geraldine Ramallo

  2. Deparment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango campus, 147 Shenango Avenue, Sharon, PA, 16146, USA

    Charles Bursey

  3. Department of Biology, Whitier College, Whittier, CA, 90608, USA

    Stephen Goldberg

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Ramallo, G., Bursey, C. & Goldberg, S. Redescription of Hedruris mucronifer (Nematoda: Hedruridae) parasite of Telmatobius schreiteri (Anura, Telmatobiidae) from Tucumán, Argentina. Parasitol Res 117, 3903–3907 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-6097-y

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