| a new species of vexillata (nematoda: ornithostrongylidae) in attwater's pocket gopher from texas. | vexillata geomyos n. sp. is described as a parasite of attwater's pocket gopher, geomys attwateri (geomyidae), from welder wildlife refuge, texas. the new species possesses 12 cuticular ridges; based on this character, it can be distinguished from 7 of the 13 species in the genus. from the 6 remaining species, v. geomyos can be differentiated because the dorsal ray in 3 of them (v. armandae, v. dessetae, and v. vexillata) has 2 short branches arising from main trunk, whereas dorsal ray of the ne ... | 2006 | 16884004 |