Comparative Parasitology 67(1) 2000 - Peru State College

More documents

Recommendations

Info

108 COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, 67(1), JANUARY 2000 Figure 1. Gordius difficilis, posterior end of a male. Scale bar = 35 fxm. Note cloacal opening (C), precloacal line of hairlike structure (H), and postcloacal ridge (R). Gordians have been recorded from one individual of Chlaenius sericeus Forster, 1771, but the worm could be identified only as Gordius sp. because of the immaturity of the specimen (Leffler, 1984). The only other record of the genus Chlaenius as a host for a "nematoid parasite" was from Chlaenius tomentosus Say, 1830 In that report, insect parts and the worm were; located in the stomach of the beetle (Forbes, 1880). However, nematomorphs are usually found outside the host's gut. Thus, it is likely that the worm was ingested while inside another insect and was not a parasite of the beetle. Gordius difficilis has only been reported from Roan Mountain, western North Carolina (Mont gomery, 1898) and from Franklin County, Massachusetts (Smith, 1994). This report extends the known range of G. difficilis and for the first time provides information of a host for this species. We would like to thank Myrna Gainsforth for providing access to White Gate Creek and the Cedar Point Biological Station for providing facilities. This project was partially funded by the Center for Great Plains Studies Research erants- Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington in-aid for graduate students (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fall 1998). Literature Cited Chandler, C. M. 1985. Horsehair worms (Nematomorpha, Gordioidea) from Tennessee, with a review of taxonomy and distribution in the United States. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Sciences 60:59-62. Forbes, S. A. 1880. Notes on insectivorous Coleoptera. Bulletin of the Illinois Laboratory of Natural History 1:167-176. Leffler, S. R. 1984. Record of a horsehair worm (Nematomorpha: Gordiidae) parasitizing Chlaenius sericeus Forster (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Washington. Coleopterists Bulletin 38:130. Miralles, D. A. B. 1975. Nuevo aporte al conocimiento de la Gordiofauna Argentina. Neotropica 21: 99-103. Montgomery, T. H. J. 1898. The Gordiacea of certain American collections with particular reference to the North American fauna. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 32:23-59. Smith, D. G. 1994. A reevaluation of Gordius aquaticus difficilis Montgomery 1898 (Nematomorpha, Gordioidea, Gordiidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 145:29- 34.
Comp. Parasitol. 67(1), 2000 pp. 109-114 Research Note Intestinal Helminths of Seven Species of Agamid Lizards from Australia STEPHEN R. GOLDBERG,'-3 CHARLES R. BURSEY," AND CYNTHIA M. WALSER' 1 Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608, U.S.A. (e-mail: sgoldberg@whittier.edu) and 2 Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146, U.S.A. (e-mail: cxbl3@psu.edu) ABSTRACT: The intestinal tracts of 243 lizards representing 7 species of Agamidae from Australia (Ctenophorus caudicinctus, Ctenophorus fordi, Ctenophorus isolepis, Ctenophorus reticulatus, Ctenophorus scutulatus, Lophognathus longirostris, and Pogona minor) were examined for helminths. One cestode species, Oochoristica piankai, and 8 nematode species, Abhreviata anomala, Kreisiella chrysocampa, Kreisiella lesueurii, Maxvachonia brygooi, Parapharyngodon fitzroyi, Skrjabinoptera gallardi, Skrjabinoptera goldmanae, and Wanaristrongylus ctenoti, were found. Larvae of Abbreviate* sp. were also present. Twelve new host records are reported. KEY WORDS: Sauria, lizards, Agamidae, survey, Cestoda, Oochoristica piankai, Nematoda, Abbreviata anomala, Kreisiella chrysocampa, Kreisiella lesueurii, Maxvachonia brygooi, Parapharyngodon fitzroyi, Skrjabinoptera gallardi, Skrjabinoptera goldmanae, Wanaristrongylus ctenoti, Abbreviata sp., Australia. The family Agamidae is well represented in Australia and about 60 species are known (Cogger, 1992). Helminth records exist for 17 species (Baker, 1987; Jones, 1995a; Bursey et al., 1996). The puipose of this paper is to present the initial report of helminths harbored by Ctenophorus caudicinctus (Giinther, 1875) (the ring-tailed dragon), Ctenophorus fordi (Storr, 1965) (the mallee dragon), and Ctenophorus scutulatus (Stirling and Zietz, 1893) (the lozenge-marked dragon), and additional helminth data for 4 previously examined species: Ctenophorus isolepis (Fischer, 1881) (the military dragon), Ctenophorus reticulatus (Gray, 1845) (the western netted dragon), Lophognathus longirostris Boulenger, 1883 (the Australian water dragon), and Pogona minor (Sternfeld, 1919) (the dwarf bearded dragon). In addition, patterns of infection for helminths of Australian agamids, were examined. 3 Corresponding author. 109 The 7 species examined in this study range through much of Australia but overlap in Western Australia (Table 1). Ctenophorus caudicinctus is known from western Queensland through the Northern Territory and northern South Australia to most of Western Australia; C. fordi is widely distributed through southeastern Western Australia and southern South Australia with outlying populations in western Victoria and western New South Wales; C. isolepis is found in Western Australia, Northern Territory, northern South Australia, and western Queensland; C. reticulatus occurs throughout most of the southern half of Western Australia and northern South Australia; C. scutulatus is known from southern Western Australia and northwestern South Australia; L. longirostris occurs from the coast of Western Australia through central Australia to western Queensland; P. minor ranges 1'rom the central coast of Western Australia through central Australia and South Australia (Cogger, 1992). Two hundred forty-three lizards were borrowed from the herpetology collection of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. County (LACM), Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., and examined for intestinal helminths. These specimens had been collected in 1966-1968 for a series of ecological studies by Eric R. Piarika (The University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.). The stomach of each lizard had been removed, examined for food contents, and deposited in the Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia; the carcasses with livers and intact intestines were deposited in LACM. Numbers of individuals, mean snout-vent length (SVL), year of collection, and museum accession number of host species are as follows: Ctenophorus caudicinctus (N = 25, SVL = 63 mm ± 4 SD, range = 55-71 mm), Collected 1968, Western Austra- Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington
Page 1 and 2:
January 2000 Number 1 Comparative P
Page 3 and 4:
Comp. Parasitol. 67(1). 2000 pp. 1-
Page 5 and 6:
children. This means, to most of th
Page 7 and 8:
liese, 1995; Marcogliese and Cone,
Page 9 and 10:
ural and human alterations of ecosy
Page 11 and 12:
ternationally and locally; (2) be i
Page 13 and 14:
justify the inclusion of parasites
Page 15 and 16:
phy to understand faunal structure
Page 17 and 18:
Eucestoda) coincided with the diver
Page 19 and 20:
(Hoberg et al., 2000). These studie
Page 21 and 22:
serve biodiversity effectively if e
Page 23 and 24:
Clayton, D. H., and B. A. Walther.
Page 25 and 26:
ham. 1996. Combining data in phylog
Page 27 and 28:
schistosomes. Journal of Parasitolo
Page 29 and 30:
MARCOGLIESE ET AL.—DIPLOSTOMUM SP
Page 31 and 32:
MARCOGLIESE HT f^L.—DIPLOSTOMUM S
Page 33 and 34:
MARCOGLIESE ET AL.—DIPLOSTOMUM SP
Page 35 and 36:
(Latreille, 1804) Brandt and Ratzeb
Page 37 and 38:
COADY AND N]CKOL—PLAGIORHYNCHUS C
Page 39 and 40:
COADY AND NICKOL—PLAGIORHYNCHUS C
Page 41 and 42:
Threlfall, W. 1965. Helminth parasi
Page 43 and 44:
strictive traits that were basicall
Page 45 and 46:
Cement gland usually small with few
Page 47 and 48:
AMIN ET AL.—REVISION OF THE GENUS
Page 49 and 50:
AMIN ET AL.—REVISION OF THE GENUS
Page 51 and 52:
17. Trunk spines appearing continuo
Page 53 and 54:
Comp. Parasitol. 67(1), 2000 pp. 51
Page 55 and 56:
SMALES—POPOVASTRONGYLUS FROM MARS
Page 57 and 58:
tion in a circular buccal capsule.
Page 59 and 60: strongylus pluteus differs from P.
Page 61 and 62: garoo from Kangaroo Island (Smales
Page 63 and 64: BURSEY AND GOLDBERG~-/l/VG7aSTOAM O
Page 65 and 66: Table 2. Parasite list for Onychoda
Page 67 and 68: phibian helminths in Japan. VI. Pse
Page 69 and 70: quadrant and 70° in male, 75° in
Page 71 and 72: increase in the number of cuticular
Page 73 and 74: Comp. Parasitol. 67(1), 2000 pp. 71
Page 75 and 76: Figures 1-3. Pseudoterranova decipi
Page 77 and 78: AMIN ET M^.—PSEUDOTERRANOVA IN MA
Page 79 and 80: the gill baskets of some hosts were
Page 81 and 82: KRITSKY ET AL.—DACTYLOGYRIDS FROM
Page 83 and 84: er, and Boeger, 1986, and Amphoclei
Page 85 and 86: 1974); P. laticeps Eigenmann, Lagun
Page 89 and 90: MENDOZA-FRANCO ET SCIADICLEITHRUM F
Page 91 and 92: MENDOZA-FRANCO ET AL.—SCIADICLEIT
Page 93 and 94: MENDOZA-FRANCO ET M^.—SCIADICLEIT
Page 95 and 96: PEREZ-PONCE DE LEON ET AL.—DIGENE
Page 103 and 104: Table 2. Continued. Locality* (CNHE
Page 105 and 106: Table 2. Continued. Locality (CNHE
Page 107 and 108: casionally prey on tadpoles and ins
Page 109: Comp. Parasitol. 67(1), 2000 pp. 10
Page 113 and 114: Table 1. Extended. Ctenophorus reti
Page 115 and 116: Table 2. Extended. 3 '£ Oswaldofil
Page 117 and 118: Mediorhynchus orientalis Belopol'sk
Page 119 and 120: 4-5 spines each: 25.0-35.0 (31.4).
Page 121 and 122: Table 1. Previous helminth records
Page 123 and 124: hyrae from a collection of lizards.
Page 125 and 126: WEST ET AL.—RESEARCH NOTES 123 Ta
Page 127 and 128: 1987, and from these only a sample
Page 129 and 130: snakes are part of their diet. The
Page 133 and 134: Table 2. Published records of helmi
Page 135 and 136: , , B. K. Sullivan, and Q. A. Truon
Page 137 and 138: were larvae. Still, we have conclud
Page 139 and 140: and their habitats. These low paras
Page 141 and 142: e eligible for election to office.
Page 143 and 144: New business. Presentation of notes
Page 145 and 146: Name: MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 143 AP
Page 147 and 148: *Edna M. Buhrer *Mildred A. Doss *A
show all

Comparative Parasitology 67(1) 2000 - Peru State College

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?