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Presidential Address: Flavor Buds And Other Delights, Robin M. Overstreet Dec 2003

Presidential Address: Flavor Buds And Other Delights, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Presidential address at the 78th Annual Meeting, American Society of Parasitologists, August 2, 2003, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, by Robin M. Overtsreet.


A New Species Of Mathevotaenia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) And Other Tapeworms From Marsupials In Argentina, Scott Lyell Gardner, Mariel L. Campbell, Graciela T. Navone Dec 2003

A New Species Of Mathevotaenia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) And Other Tapeworms From Marsupials In Argentina, Scott Lyell Gardner, Mariel L. Campbell, Graciela T. Navone

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Cestodes are reported from Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840 and Micoureus cinereus Temminck, 1824 (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) in Argentina. These include a new species of Mathevotaenia Akhumyan, 1946 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalata) as well as M. bivittata (Janicki, 1904) and an unknown hymenolepidid cestode. Mathevotaenia argentinensis n. sp. is characterized by a relatively narrow strobila, 18–37 mm in total length and 1.0–1.5 mm in maximum width, 135–163 craspedote proglottids, 19–27 testes, and a muscular genital atrium. This species differs from M. didelphidis (Rudolphi, 1819) in the disposition of the genital ducts between the excretory canals and in the entrance of the vagina into the …


Molecular Phylogeny Of Haematoloechus Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae), With Emphasis On North American Species, Daniel R. Brooks, Virginia León-Règagnon Dec 2003

Molecular Phylogeny Of Haematoloechus Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae), With Emphasis On North American Species, Daniel R. Brooks, Virginia León-Règagnon

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Phylogenetic hypothesis of 23 populations corresponding to 18 species of the digenean Haematoloechus from America, Europe, and Africa, based on ribosomal DNA 28S partial sequences (~890 bp), is presented. Genetic divergence between the in-group and the out-groups ranged from 9.7 to 14.5% and within the in-group, from 0.9 to 12.2%. Eight most parsimonious trees 569 steps long were obtained, with a consistency index of 72%. Groups in the tree are not congruent with those in previous classification schemes of species in the genus, based on a small number of morphological characters. For this subset of Haematoloechus,/i> species, plesiomorphic hosts are …


Lessons From A Quiet Classic, Daniel R. Brooks Oct 2003

Lessons From A Quiet Classic, Daniel R. Brooks

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Parasitology has a rich tradition of studies linking taxonomy, ecology, and life cycles and development. This tradition has produced an enormous amount of empirical evidence demonstrating that parasites form highly integrated reproductive-developmental-ecological systems that are highly persistent through space and time. As well, phylogenetic studies of parasites, especially of parasitic platyhelminths, represent 1 of the most progressive areas of systematic biology. Consequently, parasitologists should be at the forefront of research in evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) and integrative biology, and parasite systems should be model systems of choice for those research programs. Species of the digenean, Alloglossidium, provide a superb …


First Report Of A Species Of Folliculovarium Gu & Shen, 1983 (Bucephalidae: Prosorhynchinae) From European Marine Waters, With The Description Of F. Mediterraneum N. Sp., Pierre Bartoli, Robin M. Overstreet, David I. Gibson Oct 2003

First Report Of A Species Of Folliculovarium Gu & Shen, 1983 (Bucephalidae: Prosorhynchinae) From European Marine Waters, With The Description Of F. Mediterraneum N. Sp., Pierre Bartoli, Robin M. Overstreet, David I. Gibson

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Folliculovarium mediterraneum n. sp. is described and figured in detail from the intestine of the Mediterranean moray eel Muraena helena (Muraenidae) in the Scandola Nature Reserve, off Corsica in the western Mediterranean. This new species closely resembles F. gymnothoracis Gu & Shen, 1983 and F. xishaense Gu & Shen, 1983 from marine fishes off China, but it may differ from both in not having specialized circum-rynchal spines. It differs from the former by having slightly larger eggs and a longer esophagus, and from F. xishaense by having tegumental spines, a longer esophagus, and a nonrelated host (an eel rather than …


Taxonomic Revision Of Rhinebothroides (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae), Parasites Of Neotropical Freshwater Stingrays (Rajiformes: Myliobatoidei: Potamotrygonidae), Fernando P.L. Marques, Daniel R. Brooks Oct 2003

Taxonomic Revision Of Rhinebothroides (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae), Parasites Of Neotropical Freshwater Stingrays (Rajiformes: Myliobatoidei: Potamotrygonidae), Fernando P.L. Marques, Daniel R. Brooks

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Extensive new collections of specimens of Rhinebothroides spp. from a wide range of Neotropical freshwater potamotrygonid stingrays in numerous localities permitted critical evaluation of the validity of the 7 nominal species in the genus. Some qualitative characters previously used in the taxonomy of this group are highly variable within and among populations, and most morphometric and meristic characters thought to have taxonomic value for this group overlapped among several previously defined nominal species. Characters that were consistent throughout populations and that clearly define morphotypes supported recognition of four species: R. freitasi (syn. R. circularisi and R. venezuelensis), R. glandularis …


A New Species Of Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea: Acuariidae) In The Wood Stork, Mycteria Americana L. (Aves: Ciconiiformes: Ciconiidae) From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Luping Zhang, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey Oct 2003

A New Species Of Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea: Acuariidae) In The Wood Stork, Mycteria Americana L. (Aves: Ciconiiformes: Ciconiidae) From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Luping Zhang, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Syncuaria mycteriae n. sp. (Nematoda: Acuarioidea) was collected under the lining of the gizzard of a wood stork, Mycteria americana L., from the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The new species can be distinguished from all known species of Syncuaria by having irregular dotted ornamentations on the caudal alae of males, a complex distal end of the left spicule comprising three protuberances, and a spicule ratio of 1:9.3. Preliminary phylogenetic analysis of 11 Syncuaria spp. based on 9 morphological characters produced two equally parsimonious cladograms with a consistency index of 85%, differing only in the placement of S. hargilae …


Two Species Of Acuaria Bremser, 1811 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea: Acuariidae) In Passerine Birds From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Luping Zhang, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey Oct 2003

Two Species Of Acuaria Bremser, 1811 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea: Acuariidae) In Passerine Birds From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Luping Zhang, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Two species of Acuaria were collected from passerine birds from the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas and Proenca, 1945, was collected from Myiarchus nuttingi. Specimens from Costa Rica differ from the original description by having a spicule ratio of 1:1.5-1.7 versus 1:1.43-1.47, as well as shorter spicules and female tails. Acuaria wangi n. sp. in Hylophylax naevioides and Gymnopithys leucaspis resembles A. alii, A. crami, A. cyanocitta, A. minuta, A. pattoni, and A. cissae by having cordons extending posteriorly to the anterior portion of the glandular esophagus. The …


Aspidoderid Nematodes From Bolivian Armadillos, With The Description Of A New Species Of Lauroia (Heterakoidea: Aspidoderidae), Scott Lyell Gardner, F. Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz Sep 2003

Aspidoderid Nematodes From Bolivian Armadillos, With The Description Of A New Species Of Lauroia (Heterakoidea: Aspidoderidae), Scott Lyell Gardner, F. Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

One nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) and 1 yellow armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) were necropsied in the field during an expedition to collect parasites of mammals in Bolivia. A total of 205 Aspidodera binansata Railliet and Henry, 1913 (Heterakoidea: Aspidoderidae), and 40 specimens of Lauroia bolivari n. sp. (Heterakoidea: Aspidoderidae) were recovered from the cecum and large intestines of D. novemcinctus and E. sexcinctus. Aspidodera esperanzae Fujita et al., 1995, is proposed as a junior synonym of A. binansata based on the structure of the cordons on the hood. Lauroia bolivari n. sp. has an undercut cephalic …


Review Of The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, And Change By Vaclav Smil (Mit Press, 2002), Daniel R. Brooks Sep 2003

Review Of The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, And Change By Vaclav Smil (Mit Press, 2002), Daniel R. Brooks

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Review of The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change by Vaclav Smil (MIT Press, 2002).


Whallwachsia Illuminata N. Gen., N. Sp. (Trematoda: Digenea: Plagiorchiformes: Prosthogonimidae) In The Steely-Vented Hummingbird Amazilia Saucerrottei (Aves: Apodiformes: Trochilidae) And The Yellow-Olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias Sulphurescens (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyraninidae) From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, David Zamparo, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey Aug 2003

Whallwachsia Illuminata N. Gen., N. Sp. (Trematoda: Digenea: Plagiorchiformes: Prosthogonimidae) In The Steely-Vented Hummingbird Amazilia Saucerrottei (Aves: Apodiformes: Trochilidae) And The Yellow-Olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias Sulphurescens (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyraninidae) From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, David Zamparo, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

A new species of digenean found in the intestines of the steely-vented hummingbird Amazilia saucerrottei and the yellow-olive flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens from the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, resembles members of the Prosthogonimidae in having a highly lobate ovary; an elongate cirrus sac containing the cirrus, pars prostatica, and internal seminal vesicle; no external seminal vesicle; two fields of extracecal vitelline follicles restricted to the area between the intestinal bifurcation and testes; and uterine loops occupying all available space in the hind body. The new species differs from all other members of the family in having genital pores …


Bakkeius Moragai N. Gen. Et N. Sp. And Pojmanskia Riosae N. Gen. Et N. Sp. (Trematoda: Digenea: Brachylaimoidea) In Birds From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, David Zamparo, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey Aug 2003

Bakkeius Moragai N. Gen. Et N. Sp. And Pojmanskia Riosae N. Gen. Et N. Sp. (Trematoda: Digenea: Brachylaimoidea) In Birds From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, David Zamparo, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

We describe two new species of leucochloridiid-like brachylaimoid digeneans parasitizing a variety of birds in the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, each of which we assign to a new genus. According to Pojmanska's (Pojmanska, T. 2002a. Superfamily Brachylaimoidea Joyeux & Foley, 1930. In Keys to the Trematoda, D. I. Gibson, A. Jones, and R. A. Bray [eds.]. CAB International and The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., p. 31-36.) key for the Brachylaimoidea, we are unable to place either species in any family. One species most closely resembles members of Leucochloridium by having well-developed suckers, lacking an esophagus, and …


Tinamutrema Canoae N. Gen. Et N. Sp. (Trematoda: Digenea: Strigeiformes: Brachylaimidae) In Crypturellus Cinnamomeus (Aves: Passeriformes: Tinamidae) From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, David Zamparo, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey Aug 2003

Tinamutrema Canoae N. Gen. Et N. Sp. (Trematoda: Digenea: Strigeiformes: Brachylaimidae) In Crypturellus Cinnamomeus (Aves: Passeriformes: Tinamidae) From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, David Zamparo, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

We propose Tinamutrema as a new genus for Brachylaima centrodes (Braun, 1901) Dollfus, 1935 and for T. canoae, as a new species inhabiting tinamus in the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Specimens from Costa Rica resemble B. centrodes in having an elongate body, pretesticular genital pore and terminal genitalia, intercecal uterine loops occupying all available space between the anterior testis and the intestinal bifurcation, an oral sucker width:pharynx width ratio of approximately 1:0.55, an oral sucker:ventral sucker width ratio of approximately 1:1, and vitelline follicles extending into the forebody closer to the pharynx than to the anterior margin …


Neohaematotrephus Arayae N. Sp. (Digenea: Echinostomiformes: Cyclocoelidae) In Jacana Spinosa (Aves: Charadriiformes: Jacanidae) From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, David Zamparo, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey, Beatriz Rodriguez Aug 2003

Neohaematotrephus Arayae N. Sp. (Digenea: Echinostomiformes: Cyclocoelidae) In Jacana Spinosa (Aves: Charadriiformes: Jacanidae) From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, David Zamparo, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey, Beatriz Rodriguez

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Specimens of a species of cyclocoelid digenean inhabiting Jacana spinosa from the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, most closely resemble ,i>Haematotrephus facioi (Brenes and Arroyo, 1962) Yamaguti, 1971, in the same host from Aranjuez, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, in having confluent vitelline follicles posteriorly, diagnostic of Neohaematotrophus, and in pharynx length, ovary width, and cirrus sac on the sinistral side. The new species is also highly similar in appearance to H. gendrei Dubois, 1959, also inhabiting a jacanid (from West Africa), which has vitelline follicles confluent posteriorly, and extending anteriorly to the intestinal bifurcation and genital pore …


Survey For Coccidia And Haemosporidia In The Lesser Prairie Chicken (Typanuchus Pallidicinctus) From New Mexico With The Description Of A New Eimeria Species, B. H. Smith, Donald Duszynski, K. Johnson Apr 2003

Survey For Coccidia And Haemosporidia In The Lesser Prairie Chicken (Typanuchus Pallidicinctus) From New Mexico With The Description Of A New Eimeria Species, B. H. Smith, Donald Duszynski, K. Johnson

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Blood films and fecal samples of the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) were examined for parasites when we surveyed specimens captured during a radio-tracking study conducted in Chaves County, New Mexico (USA). All birds were captured on the Caprock Wildlife Habitat Management Area, administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Samples were collected in late March, April, and early May 1998-2000. Oocysts were detected in five of 64 (8%) birds sampled and, upon sporulation, were determined to be an Eimeria species. This is the first eimerian reported from the lesser prairie-chicken and is described here as a new species. …


The Nematode Fauna Of Long-Nosed Mice Oxymycterus Spp. From The Bolivian Yungas, F. Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz, Scott Lyell Gardner Apr 2003

The Nematode Fauna Of Long-Nosed Mice Oxymycterus Spp. From The Bolivian Yungas, F. Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz, Scott Lyell Gardner

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

During a long-term survey of the parasites of mammals from all over Bolivia, 44 individuals of Oxymycterus inca and 6 of Oxymycterus paramensis were collected and examined for parasites from the foothills and Eastern Cordillera (Los Yungas) of the Andes of Bolivia. Three species of nematode were found including, from the cecum, a previously unknown genus and species of pinworm, Caroloxyuris boliviensis n. gen, n. sp., aspidoderids representing Nematomystes rodentophilus, and from the stomach, Protospirura numidica criceticola. These helminths occurred in prevalences of 25, 9, and 14%, respectively, in O. paramensis. Caroloxyuris boliviensis resembles species included in …


Bibliography Of Helminth Species Described From African Vertebrates 1800-1967, Albert G. Canaris, Scott Lyell Gardner Jan 2003

Bibliography Of Helminth Species Described From African Vertebrates 1800-1967, Albert G. Canaris, Scott Lyell Gardner

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Parasite lists, hosts lists, and bibliographies for Trematoda, Cestoda, Nematoda, and Acanthocephala.
100 pages.


Coccidia In The Mammary Glands Of Shrews (Order: Insectivora), Donald W. Duszynski, William C. Marquardt Jan 2003

Coccidia In The Mammary Glands Of Shrews (Order: Insectivora), Donald W. Duszynski, William C. Marquardt

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Three of 6 female long-clawed shrews, Sorex unguiculatus Dobson, 1890, collected on the island of Hokkaido, Japan, were found to have unsporulated oocysts and sexual stages (both macro- and microgamonts) in varying stages of development of an unidentified coccidium in both lactating and non lactating mammary glands. Gamonts developed in the alveoli of the mammary glands, and oocysts were found in the lactiferous ducts and in pools of milk. Mature macrogamonts were 11.9 × 15.2 μm (10-14 × 14-20 μm), whereas completely developed microgamonts with many gametes were 14.8 × 16.8 μm (10-18 × 13-20 μm). Oocysts in tissue sections …


Eimeria Species From Cryptotis Shrews (Insectivora: Soricidae) With Description Of A New Species, Donald W. Duszynski, Ralph P. Eckerlin, Timothy J. Mccarthy Jan 2003

Eimeria Species From Cryptotis Shrews (Insectivora: Soricidae) With Description Of A New Species, Donald W. Duszynski, Ralph P. Eckerlin, Timothy J. Mccarthy

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Fresh fecal samples from 12 shrews, 10 Cryptotis goodwini Jackson, 1933, and 2 Cryptotis merriami Thomas, 1898, were collected between December 1994 and May 1998; 11 (92%) were positive for eimeriid coccidia, including 8 of 8 C. goodwini and 2 of 2 C. merriami from Honduras and 1 of 2 C. goodwini from Guatemala. Two Eimeria species were found: 1 is consistent with the description of Eimeria whitakeri Upton and McAllister, 1991, and 1 is described in this study as new. Sporulated oocysts of the new species are subspheroidal, 16.8 × 15.7 (14–20 × 15–19) μm, with a length–width (L/W) …


The Blue Crab: Diseases, Parasites And Other Symbionts, Jeffrey D. Shields, Robin M. Overstreet Jan 2003

The Blue Crab: Diseases, Parasites And Other Symbionts, Jeffrey D. Shields, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

A critical review of the microbial diseases, parasites, and other symbionts of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.


Fleas And Lice Of Mammals In New Mexico, Paulette L. Ford, Richard Fagerlund, Donald W. Duszynski, Paul Polechla Jan 2003

Fleas And Lice Of Mammals In New Mexico, Paulette L. Ford, Richard Fagerlund, Donald W. Duszynski, Paul Polechla

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

All available records are compiled for three orders of ectoparasites of mammals in New Mexico: fleas (Siphonaptera), sucking lice (Anoplura), and chewing lice (Mallophaga). We have drawn from records at the University of New Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology, the Vector Control Program of the New Mexico Environment Department, the Environmental Health Department of the City of Albuquerque, and several private collections. We list 99 species of fleas, 27 species of sucking lice, and two species of chewing lice. Included are appendices that list recorded ectoparasite species and their hosts in New Mexico and the counties …


Eimeria Species From Serows (Capricornis Spp.) In Japan With Descriptions Of Two New Species, Lee Couch, Shigehiko Uni, Donald W. Duszynski Jan 2003

Eimeria Species From Serows (Capricornis Spp.) In Japan With Descriptions Of Two New Species, Lee Couch, Shigehiko Uni, Donald W. Duszynski

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Fresh fecal samples from 35 Japanese serows Capricornis crispus (Temminck, 1845), and 5 Formosan serows Capricornis swinhoei Gray, 1862, were collected between October 1998 and March 1999. Eimeriid coccidians were found in 12 (34%) Japanese serows and in 1 (20%) Formosan serow. Three Eimeria species were found, and 2 are described here as new. The third species is consistent with the description of Eimeria kamoshika Inoue, 1989. Sporulated oocysts of 1 new species are broadly ellipsoidal, 20.7 × 16.8 μm (18–23 × 14–19 μm) with a length (L):width (W) ratio of 1.2 (1.1–1.4); these lack a micropyle (M) and oocyst …


Taenia Pencei N. Sp. From The Ringtail, Bassariscus Astutus (Carnivora: Procyonidae), In Texas, U.S.A., Robert L. Rausch Jan 2003

Taenia Pencei N. Sp. From The Ringtail, Bassariscus Astutus (Carnivora: Procyonidae), In Texas, U.S.A., Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Taenia pencei n. sp. is described from the ringtail, Bassariscus astutus (Carnivora: Procyonidae), in western Texas, U.S.A., and its metacestode is characterized on the basis of specimens from Peromyscus cf. maniculatus in southern Oregon. Taenia pencei n. sp. apparently occurs exclusively in the ringtail, and it is the first cestode of the genus Taenia known from a member of the family Procyonidae. It is morphologically most similar to species of Taenia from mammals of the family Mustelidae in subclade two of the recently constructed phylogeny of that genus. Taenia pencei is distinguished from the nearctic Taenia taxidiensis in the badger …


Elaphrobates Euzeti Gen. And Sp. N. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) From Snappers (Lutjanidae) In The Gulf Of Mexico, Stephen A. Bullard, Robin M. Overstreet Jan 2003

Elaphrobates Euzeti Gen. And Sp. N. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) From Snappers (Lutjanidae) In The Gulf Of Mexico, Stephen A. Bullard, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Elaphrobates euzeti gen. and sp. n. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) infects the heart and branchial vessels of the red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) and the heart of the gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus) in the Gulf of Mexico. It has ventrolateral tegumental spine rows each consisting of 4-7 spines, an oral sucker with 6-7 concentric spine rows, sinuous posterior ceca extending to the ovary and 2-4 times longer than the anterior ceca, a single mostly intercecal testis not extending beyond the lateral nerve cords, a post-testicular ovary, a dextral ootype at or immediately anterior to level of the female pore, …


Cystic Echinococcosis In The Arctic And Sub-Arctic, Robert L. Rausch Jan 2003

Cystic Echinococcosis In The Arctic And Sub-Arctic, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

The northern biotype of Echinococcus granulosus occurs throughout the holarctic zones of tundra and taiga, from eastern Fennoscandia to the Bering Strait in Eurasia and in North America from arctic Alaska approximately to the northern border of the United States. The cycle of the cestode is complex in taiga at lower latitudes, because of the greater diversity of potential hosts. In the Arctic and Subarctic, however, four patterns of predator/prey relationships may be discerned. Two natural cycles involve the wolf and wild reindeer and the wolf and elk (moose), respectively. Where deer of the two species coexist, both are prey …


A Pcr-Elisa For The Identification Of Cyathostomin Fourth-Stage Larvae From Clinical Cases Of Larval Cyathostominosis, J. E. Hodgkinson, J. Ralph Lichtenfels, T. S. Mair, P. Cripps, K. L. Freeman, Y. H. Ramsey, S. Love, J. B. Matthews Jan 2003

A Pcr-Elisa For The Identification Of Cyathostomin Fourth-Stage Larvae From Clinical Cases Of Larval Cyathostominosis, J. E. Hodgkinson, J. Ralph Lichtenfels, T. S. Mair, P. Cripps, K. L. Freeman, Y. H. Ramsey, S. Love, J. B. Matthews

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

We report the use of six oligoprobes designed from intergenic spacer region sequences to identify fourth-stage larvae (L4) of the tribe Cyathostominae. Oligoprobes were designed for identification of the following species: Cylicocyclus ashworthi, Cylicocyclus nassatus, Cylicocyclus insigne, Cyathostomum catinatum, Cylicostephanus goldi, and Cylicostephanus longibursatus. A seventh probe was designed as a positive control to identify all these members of the Cyathostominae. The intergenic spacer region was amplified by PCR using conserved primers. Initially, three oligoprobes were used in Southern blot analysis. To facilitate high-throughput identification, these and a further four oligoprobes were developed for use in a PCR–ELISA. …


A New Species Of Laelapine Mite (Acari: Parasitiformes: Laelapidae) Associated With Proechimys Dimidiatus In The Atlantic Forests Of Brazil, Donald Gettinger, Helena Godoy Bergallo Jan 2003

A New Species Of Laelapine Mite (Acari: Parasitiformes: Laelapidae) Associated With Proechimys Dimidiatus In The Atlantic Forests Of Brazil, Donald Gettinger, Helena Godoy Bergallo

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Tur megistoproctus, a new species of Laelapinae, is described from the pelage of the echimyid rodent Proechimys dimidiatus from the Atlantic forests of Ilha Grande, south of Rio de Janeiro. Measurements and illustrations are included for females and males. Another laelapine mite species, Tur turki Fonseca, co-occurred with T.megistoproctus in our studies and was recorded from the same host individuals and localities. These 2 laelapine mite species appear to be exclusively associated with a complex of echimyid rodent species (subgenus Trinomys) in the Atlantic forests of southeastern Brazil.


A New Species Of Neotropical Laelapine Mite (Acari: Parasitiformes, Laelapidae) From The Marsupial Monodelphis Americana, Donald Gettinger, Fernanda Martins-Hatano Jan 2003

A New Species Of Neotropical Laelapine Mite (Acari: Parasitiformes, Laelapidae) From The Marsupial Monodelphis Americana, Donald Gettinger, Fernanda Martins-Hatano

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Androlaelaps ilhacardosoi, a new species of Laelapinae, is described from the pelage of a 3-lined marsupial, Monodelphis americana, collected on Ilha Cardoso, São Paulo State, Brazil. The description is based on the female, and the systematics of laelapine mites associated with neotropical marsupials is discussed.


Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Metastrongyloidea (Nematoda: Strongylida) Inferred From Ribosomal Rna Gene Sequences, Ramon A. Carreno, Steven A. Nadler Jan 2003

Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Metastrongyloidea (Nematoda: Strongylida) Inferred From Ribosomal Rna Gene Sequences, Ramon A. Carreno, Steven A. Nadler

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Phylogenetic relationships among nematodes of the strongylid superfamily Metastrongyloidea were analyzed using partial sequences from the large-subunit ribosomal RNA (LSU rRNA) and small-subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) genes. Regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) were amplified by polymerase chain reaction, directly sequenced, aligned, and phylogenies inferred using maximum parsimony. Phylogenetic hypotheses inferred from the SSU rRNA gene supported the monophyly of representative taxa from each of the 7 currently accepted metastrongyloid families. Metastrongyloid taxa formed the sister group to representative trichostrongyloid sequences based on SSU data. Sequences from either the SSU or LSU RNA regions alone provided poor resolution for …