AUTHOR=de Oliveira Simões Raquel , de Andrade Silva Beatriz Elise , Olifiers Natalie , Bueno Cecília , Maldonado Júnior Arnaldo 

TITLE=New species of Delicata (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae) parasite of Cabassous tatouay (Desmarest, 1804) from the Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Veterinary Science

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2023.1325263

DOI=10.3389/fvets.2023.1325263

ISSN=2297-1769

ABSTRACT=<p>A new species of nematode parasite of the genus <italic>Delicata</italic> (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae) is described from the small intestine of a road-killed Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo <italic>Cabassous tatouay</italic> (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae) on the BR-040 highway in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The genus <italic>Delicata</italic> includes 13 species of parasitizing armadillos and anteaters distributed in Brazil, Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago. The present species is distinguished from almost all species of <italic>Delicata</italic> by the longest length of the body, except for <italic>D. khalili</italic> and <italic>D. appendiculata.</italic> However, these can be distinguished from each other by the length of the spicules. The species that closely resembles, <italic>Delicata tatouay</italic> n. sp. is <italic>D. speciosa</italic>, but it can be distinguished by a robust branch from rays 2 and 3, rays 4 larger, and rays 8 longer compared to those of the new species. The new species is the only one with a tail, characterized by a terminal spine with rattlesnake tail-like transversal striations.</p>