Analysis of Brazilian species of Pelecitus Railliet & Henry (Nematoda, Filarioidea) with the establishment of new records

Data on nematodes of the genus Pelecitus Railliet & Henry, 1910, namely P. fulicaeatrae (Diesing, 1851) López-Neyra, 1956, P. anhingae Vuylsteke, 1957, P. tubercauda Vanderburgh, Anderson & Stock, 1984, P. vuylstekae (Molin, 1860) Bartlett & Greiner, 1986, P. tercostatus (Molin, 1860) Railliet & Henry, 1910, P. helicinus (Molin, 1860) Railliet & Henry, 1910, P. circularis (Molin, 1860) Railliet & Henry, 1910 and Pelecitus sp., are presented, with basis on 29 nematode samples recovered from Brazilian birds representing 13 families and 19 species that were captured between 1934-1951 in the southeastern and central regions; parasites were formerly deposited as unidentified material in the Helminthological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute