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<journal-id>0124-5376</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Biota colombiana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Biota colombiana]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0124-5376</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Alexander von Humboldt]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0124-53762024000100020</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21068/2539200x.1150</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Parasitismo de Porocephalus (Penstastomida: Porocephalidae) en Bothrops asper (Viperidae) en Ecuador]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Parasitism of Porocephalus (Penstastomida: Porocephalidae) on Bothrops asper (Viperidae) in Ecuador]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Urgilés-Merchán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lagla-Chimba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mena-Orbe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F. Rafael]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yánez-Muñoz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario H.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>25</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0124-53762024000100020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0124-53762024000100020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0124-53762024000100020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se reporta la presencia de pentastómidos del género Porocephalus en especímenes de Bothrops asper que reposan en la colección Herpetológica del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad en Ecuador. Se analizaron 22 individuos y se encontraron parásitos en el tracto respiratorio y pulmones de dos especímenes. Se identificaron un total de ocho especímenes de Porocephalus. Los parásitos examinados fueron identificados como Porocephalus sp., debido a las características de su cabeza inflada, cuerpo anillado y boca con forma de ojo de cerradura, entre otras. No se pudo asignar una especie concreta debido a la superposición de medidas corporales. Aunque en Latinoamérica se han reportado tres especies de Porocephalus parasitando especies de Bothrops, hasta la fecha no se había registrado en Ecuador.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract We report the presence of Pentastomidae of the genus Porocephalus in specimens of Bothrops asper from the Herpetological collection of the National Institute of Biodiversity in Ecuador. Twenty-two individuals were processed and parasites were found in the respiratory tract and lungs of two specimens. A total of eight specimens of Porocephalus were identified. The parasites examined were identified as Porocephalus sp., due to the characteristics of their inflated head, ringed body, and keyhole-shaped mouth, among others. A specific species could not be assigned due to overlapping body measurements. Although three species of Porocephalus have been reported in Latin America parasitizing Bothrops species, to date it had not been recorded in Ecuador.]]></p></abstract>
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