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Gayana (Concepción) 2004
REDESCRIPCION DE LIMATULOIDES lIMATULUS (BRAUM) DUBPIS, 1964 (TREMATODA, LECITHODENFRIIDAE), UN PARASITO DE TADARIDA BRASILENSIS (GEOF.) (CHIROPTERA, MOLOSSIDAE) DE ARGENTINADOI: 10.4067/S0717-65382004000100011 Keywords: limatuloides limatulus, trematoda, lecithodendriidae, chiroptera, argentina. Abstract: limatuloides limatulus (braun 1900) dubois 1964 (trematoda, lecithodendriidae) is redescribed on the basis of an adult specimen obtained from the intestine of tadarida brasiliensis geof. (chiroptera: molossidae) from isla talavera, buenos aires province, argentina. braun's (1900) original description is brief and it was based on only one specimen collected from the intestine of a non identified molossus species captured at ipanema, brasil. taking into account that the type material is lost and that the present is the second record of l. limatulus after the original description, the detailed morphological study hare presented, allowed a better characterization of this species. the finding of l. limatulus parasitizing t. brasiliensis represents a new host record and a considerable enlargement of the geographical range for the especies
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