Cruzia tentaculata (Rudolphi)

Site of infection: Caecum.

Host species: Didelphis virginiana .

Locality: Mérida (Yucatán).

Prevalence: 16.7% (1/6).

Intensity: 1.

Specimen deposited: CNHE 12873.

Comments: The single male specimen has 11,400 in body length.Pharynx (160 long)with three longitudinal rows of 11 pharyngeal lamellae each (Figure 3F). Esophagus 2,000 long. Spicules subequal, 1,050 long. Gubernaculum (165 long) with a blunt terminal end (Fig. 3G).

In Mexico, C. tentaculata has been widely reported from D. virginiana, D. marsupialis, and P. vossi in 16 states (García-Prieto et al. 2012; Acosta-Virgen et al. 2015; Ramírez-Cañas et al. 2019), including Yucatán.