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THE COCCIDIA SPECIES PFEIFFERINELLA ELLIPSOIDES EXHIBITS SPATIAL AND SPECIES-SPECIFIC VARIATION IN PREVALENCE AMONG FRESHWATER SNAILS 在淡水螺类中,球孢子虫椭圆形球孢子虫(Pfeifferinella ellipsoides)的感染率表现出空间和物种特异性差异
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI: 10.1645/23-17
Maria Reid Bollinger, Taylor Michelle Fiedor, Kyle Douglas Gustafson
{"title":"THE COCCIDIA SPECIES PFEIFFERINELLA ELLIPSOIDES EXHIBITS SPATIAL AND SPECIES-SPECIFIC VARIATION IN PREVALENCE AMONG FRESHWATER SNAILS","authors":"Maria Reid Bollinger, Taylor Michelle Fiedor, Kyle Douglas Gustafson","doi":"10.1645/23-17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1645/23-17","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Freshwater snails are commonly studied within the context of their role as intermediate hosts for digenetic trematodes. However, there are fundamental data deficiencies related to our understanding of directly transmitted parasites, such as coccidia, for freshwater snails. Because variation in coccidia pathogenicity and transmission among snail species likely has major impacts on snail community structure, we aimed to investigate the spatial distribution and prevalence of coccidia in several freshwater snail species throughout the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains ecoregions in Arkansas. We opportunistically collected 220 freshwater snails from 24 Ozark sites in summer 2022 and scanned fecal slides for the presence of coccidia. In summer 2023, we surveyed an additional 146 snails from 19 Ouachita sites. To test for apparent interactions among coccidia and trematodes, we scanned feces from a subset of snails (<em>Physa</em> and <em>Planorbella</em> in the Ozarks) that did not have concurrent trematode infections and from those that did. We observed oocysts that morphologically conformed to <em>Pfeifferinella ellipsoides</em> in 2 of the 9 snail taxa from 7 of the 43 sites. <em>Planorbella trivolvis</em> was infected at 2 of 6 sites in the Ozarks and 0 of 5 sites in the Ouachitas. <em>Physa</em> species were infected at 6 of 14 sites in the Ozarks and 0 of 12 sites in the Ouachitas. In the Ozarks, <em>Pl. trivolvis</em> had an overall prevalence of 0.13 (6 of 47), whereas individuals in the genus <em>Physa</em> had an overall prevalence of 0.08 (8 of 97). Our chi-square and Fisher exact tests revealed no significant evidence for trematode–coccidia competition or synergism within the two snail species. There were no other species infected, and we did not observe any coccidia in the snails from the Ouachitas. Our survey of 366 snails among 9 taxa and 43 sites represents the largest survey for freshwater snail coccidia to date and indicates that both <em>Pl. trivolvis</em> and <em>Physa</em> spp. may be primary hosts and/or reservoir hosts for <em>Pf. ellipsoides</em> in freshwater snail communities. The highly aggregated distribution of <em>Pf. ellipsoides</em> in northwestern Arkansas requires further investigation. Our results led to proposal of several hypotheses for additional research, including questions regarding the variation of coccidia host specificity and virulence.</p>","PeriodicalId":16659,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parasitology","volume":"177 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140804342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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INFLUENCE OF GROOMING ON PERMANENT ARTHROPOD ASSOCIATES OF BIRDS: CATTLE EGRETS, LICE, AND MITES. 梳理对鸟类永久性节肢动物伙伴的影响:牛鹭、虱子和螨虫。
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1645/23-85
Matthew M Waller, Hannah M Warr, Graham B Goodman, Sarah E Bush, Dale H Clayton
{"title":"INFLUENCE OF GROOMING ON PERMANENT ARTHROPOD ASSOCIATES OF BIRDS: CATTLE EGRETS, LICE, AND MITES.","authors":"Matthew M Waller, Hannah M Warr, Graham B Goodman, Sarah E Bush, Dale H Clayton","doi":"10.1645/23-85","DOIUrl":"10.1645/23-85","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Birds have a diverse community of \"permanent\" arthropods that complete their entire life cycle on the body of the host. Because some of these arthropods are parasites that reduce host fitness, birds control them by grooming, which consists of preening with the beak and scratching with the feet. Although preening is the primary component of grooming, scratching is essential for controlling arthropods on the head and neck, which cannot be preened. Several unrelated groups of birds have evolved comb-like pectinate claws on the middle toenail of each foot. We tested the role of these claws in the control of arthropods by experimentally removing teeth from the claws of captive western cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) infested with chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera), feather mites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes), and nasal mites (Acari: Mesostigmata). After a period of 4 mo, we compared the abundance of arthropods on experimental birds to that of control birds with intact teeth. We used video to quantify the grooming rates of the captive birds, which groomed twice as much as wild birds. Experimental and control birds did not differ significantly in grooming time. Both groups virtually eradicated the chewing lice, but not feather mites or nasal mites. We found no support for the hypothesis that pectinate claws increase the efficiency of arthropod control by grooming. Experiments with wild birds are needed to test the hypothesis further under conditions in which birds devote less time to grooming.</p>","PeriodicalId":16659,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parasitology","volume":"110 2","pages":"143-149"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140335997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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DULCITRANSVERSOTREMA N. GEN. (DIGENEA: TRANSVERSOTREMATIDAE) AND FIRST MORPHOLOGICAL AND NUCLEOTIDE-BASED CONFIRMATION OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF A TRANSVERSOTREMATID IN NORTH AMERICA. dulcitransversotrema n. gen.Dulcitransversotrema n. gen. (digenea: transversotrematidae) 并首次在形态学和核苷酸基础上确认了北美横纹吸虫的生命周期。
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1645/23-112
Triet N Truong, Stephen A Bullard
{"title":"DULCITRANSVERSOTREMA N. GEN. (DIGENEA: TRANSVERSOTREMATIDAE) AND FIRST MORPHOLOGICAL AND NUCLEOTIDE-BASED CONFIRMATION OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF A TRANSVERSOTREMATID IN NORTH AMERICA.","authors":"Triet N Truong, Stephen A Bullard","doi":"10.1645/23-112","DOIUrl":"10.1645/23-112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We propose Dulcitransversotrema n. gen. for the freshwater transversotrematids Dulcitransversotrema patialense (Soparkar, 1924) n. comb. and Dulcitransversotrema chauhani (Agrawal and Singh, 1960) n. comb. Dulcitransversotrema is unique by the combination of lacking an oral sucker and an extensively coiled uterus as well as having testes that are not deeply lobed and that abut or nearly abut the inner posterolateral margins of the digestive tract (vs. deeply lobed testes that abut the cyclocoel region of the digestive tract only or that do not abut the ceca), a pre-oral genital pore (vs. post-oral genital pore), an ovary that is anterior to and abuts or nearly abuts the sinistral testis (vs. an ovary that is separated from the sinistral testis by some distance or having an ovary that is median and immediately pre-testicular), non-embryonated eggs (vs. embryonated eggs), typically having none or sparse vitelline follicles between the testes and ceca (vs. having a wholly inter-cecal vitellarium comprising a pair of highly compacted clusters of vitelline follicles anterolateral to the testes or having numerous vitelline follicles between the testes and ceca), an oblong, median, and primarily inter-testicular vitelline reservoir (vs. an extensively elongate, pre-testicular vitelline reservoir that arches anteriorly around the sinistral testis), and a subterminal excretory pore opening on the dorsal body surface between the level of the cyclocoel and posterior body end (vs. a terminal excretory pore). We describe the redia and cercaria of Dulcitransversotrema cf. patialense from the red-rimmed melania snail, Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) (Cerithioidea: Thiaridae), and their corresponding adult from beneath the scales of the zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822) (Cypriniformes: Danionidae). All hosts were sampled from a spring-fed earthen pond at a private aquaculture facility near Ruskin, Florida. No transversotrematid life cycle was known from North America previously. The large subunit ribosomal DNA and ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 sequences of D. cf. patialense from Florida were most similar to those from D. patialense infecting red-rimmed melania from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and differed by 134 and 69 nucleotides, respectively. Both phylogenetic analyses recovered Dulcitransversotrema as monophyletic and sister to a clade comprising Transversotrema spp. plus Crusziella formosa Cribb, Bray, and Barker, 1992.</p>","PeriodicalId":16659,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parasitology","volume":"110 2","pages":"127-140"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140288393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ralph Peter Eckerlin, Ph.D. 10 February 1938-9 February 2024. 拉尔夫-彼得-埃克林,博士,1938 年 2 月 10 日至 2024 年 2 月 9 日。
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1645/24-25
Lance A Durden
{"title":"Ralph Peter Eckerlin, Ph.D. 10 February 1938-9 February 2024.","authors":"Lance A Durden","doi":"10.1645/24-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1645/24-25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16659,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parasitology","volume":"110 2","pages":"141-142"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140856796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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NEW RECORDS OF HELMINTHS OF THE JAGUAR IN MEXICO, WITH AN UPDATED LIST OF SPECIES IN THE AMERICAS 墨西哥美洲虎蠕虫的新记录,以及美洲物种的最新清单
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1645/23-56
Jesús Alonso Panti-May, Oscar Retana-Guiascón, Wilson Isaias Moguel-Chin, David I. Hernández-Mena, Luis García-Prieto
{"title":"NEW RECORDS OF HELMINTHS OF THE JAGUAR IN MEXICO, WITH AN UPDATED LIST OF SPECIES IN THE AMERICAS","authors":"Jesús Alonso Panti-May, Oscar Retana-Guiascón, Wilson Isaias Moguel-Chin, David I. Hernández-Mena, Luis García-Prieto","doi":"10.1645/23-56","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1645/23-56","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An inventory of parasites infecting the jaguar (<em>Panthera onca</em>) across its distribution range is relevant for the conservation of this threatened big cat. In this study, we report the occurrence of helminths in a jaguar from Mexico using morphological techniques (cleared and stained mounts and scanning electron microscopy) and partial sequences of the 28S ribosomal RNA (<em>28S</em> rRNA) gene and the cytochrome c oxidase 1 mitochondrial (<em>COI</em>) gene. We also provide an updated list of helminth species reported in jaguars in the Americas. Three helminth taxa are identified in the jaguar examined from Mexico: <em>Toxocara cati</em>, <em>Physaloptera</em> sp., and <em>Taenia</em> sp. The new <em>28S</em> rRNA sequences of <em>To</em>. <em>cati</em>, <em>Physaloptera</em> sp., and <em>Taenia</em> sp. and the <em>COI</em> sequence of <em>Taenia</em> sp. corroborate the identity of the helminths isolated from this host. One hundred and twenty-nine records of helminths parasitizing jaguars from 49 studies up to May 2023 were identified in the Americas. In most of these studies (73.6%), helminths were identified using coproparasitological techniques. Sixteen helminths (7 nematodes, 5 cestodes, 3 acanthocephalans, and 1 trematode) were identified at the species level in free-ranging and captive jaguars. The study demonstrates the value of an integrative taxonomy approach to increase the accuracy of parasite identification in wildlife, especially when helminth specimens are scarce or poorly fixed.</p>","PeriodicalId":16659,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parasitology","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140165700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE SENSU LATO NATIVE TO LIVESTOCK SOILS CAUSES HIGH MORTALITY ON RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS LARVAE, ADULTS AND AFFECTS THEIR REPRODUCTION 原产于畜牧业土壤中的黑僵菌(metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato)对小甲鱼幼虫和成虫造成高死亡率,并影响其繁殖
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1645/23-27
F. Velázquez-Sarmiento, R. I. Rodríguez-Vivas, M. A. Alonso-Díaz, A. Fernández-Salas, D. Romero-Salas
{"title":"METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE SENSU LATO NATIVE TO LIVESTOCK SOILS CAUSES HIGH MORTALITY ON RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS LARVAE, ADULTS AND AFFECTS THEIR REPRODUCTION","authors":"F. Velázquez-Sarmiento, R. I. Rodríguez-Vivas, M. A. Alonso-Díaz, A. Fernández-Salas, D. Romero-Salas","doi":"10.1645/23-27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1645/23-27","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The acaricidal effect of 14 strains of <em>Metarhizium anisopliae</em> sensu lato isolated from soil of livestock farms in the Mexican tropics was evaluated against larvae and engorged females, and during the laying and hatching of eggs of <em>Rhipicephalus microplus</em> (Ixodida: Ixodidae). For each fungal strain, the larvae mortality percentage was evaluated through a larval immersion test, while the reproductive efficiency indices in engorged females were measured using adult immersion tests at a dose of 1 × 10<sup>8</sup> conidia/ml. All strains of <em>M. anisopliae</em> (s.l.) proved to be highly effective against <em>R. microplus</em> larvae (66–100%) and engorged females (100%). The strains also showed a good effect in inhibiting egg laying (16.45–56.38%) and a moderate effect in decreasing egg hatching (5.24–32.68%). Two strains demonstrated to be effective against all development phases of <em>R. microplus</em> in an integrated manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":16659,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parasitology","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140165733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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CHARACTERIZATION OF EIMERIA LANCASTERENSIS AND EIMERIA ONTARIOENSIS (APICOMPLEXA: EIMERIIDAE) FOUND IN EASTERN GRAY SQUIRRELS, SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS (RODENTIA: SCIURIDAE), FROM ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. 在阿肯色州和俄克拉荷马州东部灰松鼠(啮齿目:松鼠科)中发现的 lancasterensis 埃默氏菌和 ontarioensis 埃默氏菌( apicomplexa: eimeriidae)的特征。
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1645/21-45
Chris T McAllister, Dagmara Motriuk-Smith, Hunter McCurdy, R Scott Seville
{"title":"CHARACTERIZATION OF EIMERIA LANCASTERENSIS AND EIMERIA ONTARIOENSIS (APICOMPLEXA: EIMERIIDAE) FOUND IN EASTERN GRAY SQUIRRELS, SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS (RODENTIA: SCIURIDAE), FROM ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA.","authors":"Chris T McAllister, Dagmara Motriuk-Smith, Hunter McCurdy, R Scott Seville","doi":"10.1645/21-45","DOIUrl":"10.1645/21-45","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the morphological characteristics of oocysts of Eimeria lancasterensisJoseph, 1969, collected from 6 of 6 (100%) eastern gray squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis, collected in Arkansas (n = 3) and Oklahoma (n = 3), and Eimeria ontarioensisLee and Dorney, 1971, recovered from an individual of S. carolinensis from Arkansas. Oocysts of E. lancasterensis were ovoidal to ellipsoidal, measuring (L × W) 24.0 × 14.6 (18-29 × 12-16) µm; shape index (L/W) was 1.6 (1.3-1.8). A micropyle and an oocyst residuum were absent, but up to 2 polar granules were present. Oocysts of E. ontarioensis were piriform and measured 40.6 × 26.0 (37-44 × 23-28); L/W was 1.6 (1.5-1.7). These oocysts possessed a distinct micropyle and rarely a polar granule but lacked an oocyst residuum. The DNA was isolated from both eimerians, and the 18S rDNA genetic markers were PCR-amplified, cloned, sequenced, and analyzed. To our knowledge, this study represents the first time 18S DNA sequence data have been generated from E. lancasterensis and E. ontarioensis found in North American sciurid hosts, as well as new geographic distribution records for these coccidians. In addition, we also include a tabular summary of these 2 species of Eimeria from Sciurus spp. worldwide, with information on their hosts, distribution, and taxonomically important morphological characteristics, including key measurements of oocysts and sporocysts.</p>","PeriodicalId":16659,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parasitology","volume":"110 2","pages":"90-95"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140101844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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GLYCOLYTIC ENZYMES AS VACCINES AGAINST SCHISTOSOMIASIS: TESTING SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE IN MICE. 作为血吸虫病疫苗的糖酵解酶:在小鼠体内测试曼氏血吸虫磷酸甘油酸变异酶。
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1645/23-7
David B Pirovich, Akram A Da'dara, Patrick J Skelly
{"title":"GLYCOLYTIC ENZYMES AS VACCINES AGAINST SCHISTOSOMIASIS: TESTING SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE IN MICE.","authors":"David B Pirovich, Akram A Da'dara, Patrick J Skelly","doi":"10.1645/23-7","DOIUrl":"10.1645/23-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schistosomiasis is a globally burdensome parasitic disease caused by flatworms (blood flukes) in the genus Schistosoma. The current standard treatment for schistosomiasis is the drug praziquantel, but there is an urgent need to advance novel interventions such as vaccines. Several glycolytic enzymes have been evaluated as vaccine targets for schistosomiasis, and data from these studies are reviewed here. Although these parasites are canonically considered to be intracellular, proteomic analysis has revealed that many schistosome glycolytic enzymes are additionally found at the host-interactive surface. We have recently found that the intravascular stage of Schistosoma mansoni (Sm) expresses the glycolytic enzyme phosphoglycerate mutase (PGM) on the tegumental surface. Live parasites display PGM activity, and suppression of PGM gene expression by RNA interference diminishes surface enzyme activity. Recombinant SmPGM (rSmPGM) can cleave its glycolytic substrate, 3-phosphoglycerate and can both bind to plasminogen and promote its conversion to an active form (plasmin) in vitro, suggesting a moonlighting role for this enzyme in regulating thrombosis in vivo. We found that antibodies in sera from chronically infected mice recognize rSmPGM. We also tested the protective efficacy of rSmPGM as a vaccine in the murine model. Although immunization generates high titers of anti-SmPGM antibodies (against both recombinant and native SmPGM), no significant differences in worm numbers were found between vaccinated and control animals.</p>","PeriodicalId":16659,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parasitology","volume":"110 2","pages":"96-105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140101845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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GREGARINA LUTESCENS N. SP. INFECTING THE HARLEQUIN LADYBIRD HARMONIA AXYRIDIS (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE). gregarina lutescens n. sp.感染哈氏瓢虫 harmonia axyridis(鞘翅目:茧蜂科)。
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1645/23-107
Richard E Clopton, Callie States, Debra T Clopton
{"title":"GREGARINA LUTESCENS N. SP. INFECTING THE HARLEQUIN LADYBIRD HARMONIA AXYRIDIS (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE).","authors":"Richard E Clopton, Callie States, Debra T Clopton","doi":"10.1645/23-107","DOIUrl":"10.1645/23-107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gregarina lutescens n. sp. is described from the alimentary canal of the harlequin ladybird or multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) collected from prairie fleabane, Erigeron strigosus, at Peru State College, Peru, Nemaha Co., Nebraska. Our specimens differ from all 11 known species of Gregarina infecting coccinellid beetles worldwide by differences in size and relative shape, color, and association structure. Gregarina lutescens n. sp. is smaller than 7 known species infecting coccinellid beetles but larger than the other 4 known species based on confidence interval exclusion of means. Our specimens are unique among known species of interest in their quince-yellow cytoplasm and precocious but ephemeral serial associations of up to 5 satellites. Nucleotide sequence (18S) phylogenetic analyses place the new species basal to a member of an internal clade of Gregarina that comprises gregarines parasitizing chrysomelid beetles. Phylogenetically, the analysis recovered 3 major lineages within the gregarines, representing the superfamilies Gregarinoidea, Stenophoroidea, and Stylocephaloidea and indicating the propensity of gregarines to track host lineages and environments through evolutionary time. These findings confirm the polyphyletic nature of Gregarina, which currently comprises over 300 described species, only a handful of which have documented genetic sequences suitable for phylogenetic analysis. Recollection, redescription, and molecular clarification of gregarine species infecting coccinellids would likely result in identification of a unique clade that would be an excellent system for studying the effect of intraguild host competition on parasite diversification and community structure. Ecologically, patterns of prevalence in this study indicate that G. lutescens reproduces primarily in larval hosts but depends on infections in adult beetles to overwinter, reflecting the differential vagility and frost tolerance of larval and adult host life cycle stages.</p>","PeriodicalId":16659,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parasitology","volume":"110 1","pages":"66-78"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139912865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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STEINERNEMA ADAMSI N. SP. (RHABDITIDA: STEINERNEMATIDAE), A NEW ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE FROM THAILAND. steinernema adamsi n. sp.(rhabditida: steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from thailand.
IF 1.3 4区 医学
Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1645/23-60
Anil Baniya, Chanakan Subkrasae, Jiranun Ardpairin, Kyle Anesko, Apichat Vitta, Adler R Dillman
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