Abstract: The objective of this study was to describe parasitism in the piche armadillo Zaedyus pichiy (Desmarest, 1804) from San Juan Province, Argentina. An adult male Z. pichiy found run over on provincial route 510 (province of San Juan, Argentina) was analysed. The armadillo was examined externally in search of ectoparasites. Subsequently, the gastrointestinal contents were extracted and transported to the laboratory for endoparasite search. The presence of the tick Amblyomma pseudoconcolor (Acari: Ixodidae) and nematodes Cyclobulura superinae (Spirurida: Subuluridae), Aspidodera scoleciformis, and Aspidodera fasciata (Spirurida: Aspidoderidae) was determined. Our work provides new information on parasitism in this armadillo species in San Juan, Argentina.
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Received: 1 April 2026 · Accepted: 29 June 2026
Editor: Stanislav Abadjiev
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Authors’ contributions (using CrediT ↗):
Gabriel N. Castillo: conceptualisation, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, project administration, resources, software, supervision, validation, visualisation, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing; Cynthia J. González-Rivas: data curation, formal analysis, investigation, supervision, validation, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing; Lucas C. Zuñiga: funding acquisition, writing—original draft; Ruben Fernandez-Reinoso: funding acquisition, writing—original draft; Leandro F. Castillo: funding acquisition, writing—original draft; Rodolfo O. Noriega: funding acquisition, writing—original draft.
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Castillo G. N., González-Rivas C. J., Zuñiga L. C., Fernandez-Reinoso R., Castillo L. F., Noriega R. O. 2026 Parasitism in the armadillo Zaedyus pichiy (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae) from San Juan Province, Argentina. Historia naturalis bulgarica 48: 237–243.