| discovery of arostrilepis tapeworms (cyclophyllidea: hymenolepididae) and new insights for parasite species diversity from eastern north america. | species of the genus arostrilepis were discovered and definitively identified for the first time in rodents from geographically disparate localities along the appalachian mountain range of eastern north america (west virginia, virginia, and maine). these are the first confirmed records for species of arostrilepis occurring east of the rocky mountains and the mississippi river in north america. arostrilepis gardneri n. sp. is described on the basis of specimens obtained from two phylogenetically ... | 2020 | 31901996 |