Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) emyditoides Fisher, 1960

Pinacho-Pinacho, Carlos Daniel, Sereno-Uribe, Ana L., León, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De & García-Varela, Martín, 2015, Checklist of the species of Neoechinorhynchus (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) in fishes and turtles in Middle-America, and their delimitation based on sequences of the 28 S rDNA, Zootaxa 3985 (1), pp. 98-116 : 102

Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) emyditoides Fisher, 1960

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Mexico: NUEVO LEÓN: Presa la Herradura (25°54’15’’N 98°52’6’’W); Trachemys scripta ( García-Varela et al. 2011) . VERACRUZ: Lago de Catemaco (18°25’0’’N 95°7’0’’W); Trachemys scripta ( García-Varela et al. 2011) . Laguna de Alvarado; (18°45’0’’N 95°45’0’’W) Trachemys scripta (Barger 2004) . Río Papaloapan, Tlacotalpan (18°42’13.4’’N 95°45’27.9’’W); Trachemys scripta ( García-Varela et al. 2011) .

Specimens deposited. CNHE (6695-6696, 6737), HWML (45557), HWML (45560), HWML (45557), HWML (45558), USNPC (832354).

Notes. This species was described from Trachemys scripta in Arkansas and Mississippi USA by Fisher (1960). Later this species was recorded in several localities of North America (Barger 2004). In Mexico the first record of N. (N.) emyditoides was made by Bravo-Hollis in 1946, however it was described as N. (N.) emydis . Later Barger (2004), Barger et al. (2004), mentioned that N. (N.) emydis is restricted the eastern half of the upper Mississippi river.

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FIGURE 2. Males of species of Neoechinorhynchus known from Middle-America. a) N. (N.) brentnickoli Monks, Pulido- Flores & Violante-González, 2011. b) N. (N.) chimalapasensis Salgado-Maldonado, Caspeta-Mandujano & Martínez-Ramírez, 2010. c) N. (N.) emyditoides Fisher, 1960. d) N. (N.) golvani Salgado-Maldonado, 1978. e) N. (N.) mamesi Pinacho-Pinacho, Pérez-Ponce de León & García-Varela 2012. f) N. (N.) mexicoensis Pinacho-Pinacho, Sereno-Uribe & García-Varela, 2014. g) N. (N.) panucensis Salgado-Maldonado, 2013. h) N. (N.) roseum Salgado-Maldonado, 1978. i) N. (N.) schmidti Barger, Thatcher & Nickol, 2004. Scale bars = 1.0 mm