Vampirolepis cf. phyllostomi (Vaucher)

Moguel-Chin, Wilson Isaias, Suárez-Galaz, Alejandro, Casanova, Anyela Jackelin Chan-, Concha-Guillermo, Henry Orlando, Tzec-Che, Ruben Guadalupe, Robles, María Del Rosario, Digiani, María Celina, Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Ruiz Torres, Nallely G., Macswiney, M. Cristina & Panti-May, Jesús Alonso, 2025, Helminths of the broad-tailed bat Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) in Mexico, and description of a new species of nematode (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae), Zootaxa 5696 (4), pp. 517-541 : 525

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.4
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scientific name	Vampirolepis cf. phyllostomi (Vaucher)
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Infection site: Intestine

Localities: Calcehtok and Homún

Prevalence (%) and mean intensity: Calcehtok 15.9 and 2.1 (1.6‒3.2). Homún 10.2 and 1.6 (1.1‒2.8)

Specimens deposited: CNHE-12313 and NHM 2025.8.13.7

GenBank accession numbers: PX232570, PX232571 (28S)

Comments: Based on 29 immature or incomplete specimens. Rostellum armed with 37 ± 3 (30‒44) hooks in a single row ( Figure 4D View FIGURE 4 ). Hooks 22 ± 1 (20‒24) long ( Figure 4B View FIGURE 4 ). Suckers 62.3 ± 4.1 (55–70) in diameter.

The material was identified as Vampirolepis cf. phyllostomi (Vaucher) because its characteristics agree with the description by Vaucher (1982) of cestodes from Phyllostomus hastatus (Pallas) in Peru, and the redescription by Vaucher (1986) from Eumops bonariensis (Peters) in Argentina. This species has been reported from P. hastatus in Peru and Bolivia ( Vaucher 1982; Sawada & Harada 1986). This study expands the distribution of V. cf. phyllostomi to Mexico, and adds a new host, N. laticaudatus .