Publications

a new genus and species of lungworm (nemata: metastrongyloidea) from akodon mollis thomas, 1894 (rodentia: cricetidae) in peru.

akodonema luzsarmientae n.g., n.sp. (nemata: metastrongyloidea) is described from the pulmonary arteries and heart from several individuals of "soft grass mouse," akodon mollis (rodentia: cricetidae), collected in the region of ancash, peru. the new genus and species is distinguished by a reduction of the dorsal ray to 2 small widely separated papillae.