[Kahmannia eliomydis n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Heteroxynematidae), an intestinal parasite of Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766)(Rodentia: Gliridae) in Minorca (Balearic Islands)].
Description of Kahmannia eliomydis n. gen., n. sp., an Heretoxynematid Nematode parasitizing the intestine of the Garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Rodentia: Gliridae) in the island of Minorca (Balearies). Kahmannia n. gen. is proposed to include in the Heteroxynematinae the intestinal parasites from Rodents characterized by: oral opening circular without lips; buccal capsule triangular with small oesophageal teeth; oesophagus elongated with spherical bulb with strongly developed valves, clearly individualized and separated by a well-defined oesophageal isthmus; cephalic vesicle present, with sinuous peribuccal ornamentation forming slender crown with eight digitations; cuticular striations marked; lateral and cervical alae absent; male without caudal lateral alae, without precloacal cuticular ornamentation on ventral surface and without gubernaculum, but with single spicule; and thin-shelled eggs without operculum. It is the first Nematode Oxyuroidea known parasitizing Rodents Glirimorpha.
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