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Table 1 Summary of collected specimens of Varestrongylus eleguneniensis sp. n. from muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus wardi ) from Nunavik Region, Quebec, Canada, and woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) from Alberta, Canada

From: Varestrongylus eleguneniensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae): a widespread, multi-host lungworm of wild North American ungulates, with an emended diagnosis for the genus and explorations of biogeography

Animal ID

Species

Sex

LPGa

Coordinates

Locality

Number of adult specimens

Accession Numbers

      

Males

Male fragments

Females

Female fragments

USNPC

GenBank (ITS-2)

Om-10-07

O. m. wardi

Male

-

58° 45′00″N 68° 33′29″ W

Kuujjuaq, QC

0

0

1

0

103743 (♀)

–

Om-01-10

O. m. wardi

Female

6

58° 44′51″N 70° 02′06″W

Tasiujaq, QC

1*

0

0

0

103740 (♂)*

JQ478746

Om-02-10

O. m. wardi

Male

25

58° 44′10″N 69° 34′18″W

Tasiujaq, QC

3

1 tail

1**

1 head, 3 tails

103741 (♀)** 103742 (♂,♀)† 103748 (♀) 103749 (♀)

– JQ478649 (♂) JQ478647 JQ478648

Om-10-10

O. m. wardi

Female

0.4

58°45′00″N 68° 33′29″W

Kuujjuaq, QC

4

1 tail

2

1 tail

103744 (♀,♂)†

JQ478644 (♀) JQ478645 (♂)

UC178-2

R. t. caribou

Male

0.4

55° 2′25″N 110° 34′5″W

Cold Lake, AB

1§

1 head, 1 tail

0

0

105697 (♂) 105698 (♂) 105699 (♂) 105700 (♂)§ DSL§§

JX115007 − JX115007 − JQ478651§§

  1. All these specimens were used for the taxonomical description (holotype, allotype and paratypes), with matching accession numbers at the United States National Parasite collection (USNPC) and for sequences at the second internal transcript spacer (ITS-2) region at the nuclear ribosomal DNA deposited at GenBank.
  2. aProtostrongylid first-stage larvae (DSL) per gram of feces; *Holotype; **Allotype; †Multiple vials containing males and females (intact specimens or fragments), USNPC103742 also contains a vial with DSL; §Additional immature male not included in the description, but accessioned at the USNPC as a voucher; §§Additional sequence from DSL extracted from host feces, not accessioned at USNPC.