Resurrection and redescription of Varestrongylus alces (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae), a lungworm of the Eurasian moose ( Alces alces ), with report on associated pathology

Table 2 Additional Varestrongylus specimens from the United States National Parasite Collection (USNPC) morphologically examined

USNPC*	*Varestrongylus*species	Host	Locality	Specimens
34066	V. alpenae (Dikmans 1935)	Odocoileus virginianus	Michigan, USA	1♂ (holotype)
78599	V. alpenae	O. virginianus	Alberta, Canada	2♂, 1♀
37833	V. pneumonicus Bhalerao, 1932^a	Ovis aries	Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan	1♂
37834	V. pneumonicus ^a	O. aries	Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan	1♂
45106	V. pneumonicus ^b	O. aries	Lanchow, China	2♂, 2♀
37851	V. sagittatus (Mueller 1890)^c	Cervus elaphus	Altai Mtns., Kazakhstan	1♀
37855	V. sagittatus	C. elaphus	Altai Mtns., Kazakhstan	1♂
89171	V. sagittatus	C. elaphus	Altai Region, Russia	1♂, 1♀

*Museum accession numbers; ^areferred as Bicaulus schulzi (Boev and Wolf 1938); ^breferred as V. sinicus Dikmans 1945; ^creferred as Bicaulus sagittatus (Mueller 1890).

ISSN: 1756-3305