Tapironema coronatum Durette-Desset, Chabaud & Sutton, 1997

Site of infection. stomach

Collection number. MLP-He7328, MLP-He7338, MLP-He7348, MLP-He7355

Host species. Akodon montensis . CG169. Euryoryzomys russatus . CG563. Oligoryzomys nigripes . CG510. Sooretamys angouya . CG46.

Localities. CAMB, RVSU and PPU

Comments. The morphological characters observed in the specimens agree with the original description given by Durette-Desset et al. (1997), i.e. presence of a corona radiata and esophageal tooth, synlophe with numerous longitudinal ridges transversally elongated, caudal bursa with rays 5 and 6 apposed in males and didelphic in females.

Tapironema coronatum was described parasitizing Holochilus brasiliensis (Desmarest, 1819) ( Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, and parasitizing Tapirus terrestris (Linneaus, 1758) ( Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) in French Guiana.

This finding enlarges the host records and adds new localities for Argentina.