Vampirolepis cf. christensoni (Macy)

Infection site: Intestine

Localities: Calcehtok and Homún

Prevalence (%) and mean intensity: Calcehtok 18.3 and 2.7 (1.7‒4.4). Homún 6.2 and 1.6 (1‒3)

Specimens deposited: CNHE-12314 and NHM 2025.8.13.6

GenBank accession number: PX232569 (28S)

Comments: Based on 31 immature or incomplete specimens. Rostellum armed with 49 ± 4 (39‒58) hooks in a single row (Figure 4A). Hooks 29 ± 25 (24‒34) long (Figure 4B). Suckers 86 ± 10 (70‒110) in diameter.

We assigned our material to the species V. cf. christensoni, mainly because the number and size of rostellar hooks are similar to those originally reported by Macy (1931) from Myotis lucifugus Le Conte in Minnesota, USA and those reported by Zdzitowiecki & Rutkowska (1980) from Pteronotus mesoamericanus Smith and Eptesicus fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois) in Cuba. This cestode has been reported for N. laticaudatus in South America (Santos & Gibson 2015). This is the first record of V. cf. christensoni in bats from Mexico.