Physalopteridae (Railliet, 1893)

Vieira, Fabiano M., Luque, José L. & Muniz-Pereira, Luís C., 2008, Checklist of helminth parasites in wild carnivore mammals from Brazil, Zootaxa 1721, pp. 1-23 : 9

Family Physalopteridae (Railliet, 1893)

Physaloptera anomala Molin, 1860

Panthera onca (Linnaeus) , stomach, unspecified locality ( Vicente et al. 1997).

Physaloptera digitata Schneider, 1866

Leopardus wiedii (Schinz) , stomach, Pará ( Noronha et al. 2002) (CHIOC 13505). Puma concolor (Linnaeus) , stomach, duodenum, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo ( Vicente et al. 1997) (CHIOC 12279, 27275).

Physaloptera maxillaris Molin, 1860

Conepatus chinga (Molina) , stomach, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul ( Vicente et al. 1997) (CHIOC 7731, 9958, 9959, 13976).

Physaloptera praeputialis Linstow, 1889

Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus) , stomach, Paraná, NHR (CHIOC 33809). Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger) , stomach, Minas Gerais ( Costa & Freitas 1967; Vicente et al. 1997).

Physaloptera semilanceolata Molin, 1860

Nasua nasua (Linnaeus) , stomach, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará ( Vicente et al. 1997) (CHIOC 13499, 18930).

Physaloptera terdentata Molin, 1860

Puma concolor (Linnaeus) , stomach, Rio de Janeiro ( Vicente et al. 1997).

Physaloptera sp.

Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus) , stomach, Mato Grosso do Sul, NHR (CHIOC 15000, 15163). Eira barbara (Linnaeus) , stomach, Amazonas, NHR (CHIOC 21212). Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus) , stomach, Amazonas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará ( Travassos & Freitas 1943; Vicente et al. 1997) (CHIOC 15032, 21199, 21262, 22773). Leopardus wiedii (Schinz) , small intestine, Pará, NHR (CHIOC 13493). Nasua nasua (Linnaeus) , small intestine, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio de Janeiro (Travassos et al. 1927; Travassos & Freitas 1943; Vicente et al. 1997) (CHIOC 29276).