Strongyluris similis Caballero, 1938

Specimens deposited.

CNHE 9455-9459.

Other hosts.

S. torquatus in Mexico City (Cid del Prado 1971); S. jarrovi in Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Morelos, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Veracruz (Goldberg et al. 1996); S. grammicus and S. mucronatus in localities not further specified (Goldberg et al. 2003); S. formosus Wiegmann in Oaxaca (Goldberg et al. 2003).

Remarks.

Specimens recovered during the present study share certain morphological characters with S. panamaensis Bursey, Goldberg & Telford, 2003 and S. similis such as spicule length and number of caudal papillae. Our specimens were identified as S. similis since they possess two pairs of lateral subterminal papillae at the base of the caudal appendage (Caballero 1938), which is a diagnostic feature of this species, contrary to the three pairs of papillae observed at the base of the caudal appendage in S. panamaensis (Bursey et al. 2003).