Helminthological records of six-banded armadillos Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Brazilian semi-arid region, Patos county, Paraíba state, including new morphological data on Trichohelix tuberculata (Parona and Stossich, 1901) Ortlepp, 1922 and proposal of Hadrostrongylus ransomi nov. comb. Registros helmintológicos em tatus-peba Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) do semi-árido brasileiro, município de Patos, Paraíba, com dados acerca da morfologia de Trichohelix tuberculata (Parona and Stossich, 1901) Ortlepp, 1922 e proposição de Hadrostrongylus ransomi nov. comb.

This work aimed to evaluate the gastrointestinal helminthfauna composition of six-banded armadillos from the Brazilian semi-arid region. Gastrointestinal contents of six road-killed adult animals from Patos County, Paraíba State, were analyzed. Six species of nematodes, comprising five genera and fo...

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Main Authors:	EGL. Hoppe, RC. Araújo de Lima, JH. Tebaldi, ACR. Athayde, AA. Nascimento
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2009-05-01
Series:	Brazilian Journal of Biology
Subjects:	Caatinga Euphractus sexcinctus Nematoda Trichohelix tuberculata Hadrostrongylus ransomi Caatinga biome
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842009000200027