A NEW GENUS OF DIPLOSTOMIDS (DIGENEA: DIPLOSTOMOIDEA) FROM THE NILE CROCODILE IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH A KEY TO DIPLOSTOMID GENERA.
| Autor: | Achatz TJ; Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202.; Department of Natural Sciences, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, Georgia 31206., Martens JR; Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202., Kudlai O; Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos, 2, 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania.; Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa., Junker K; Epidemiology, Parasites and Vectors, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa., Boe NW; Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202., Tkach VV; Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of parasitology [J Parasitol] 2022 Sep 01; Vol. 108 (5), pp. 453-466. |
| DOI: | 10.1645/22-23 |
| Abstrakt: | The Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886 is a large family of digeneans within the superfamily Diplostomoidea Poirier, 1886. Members of the family are distributed worldwide and parasitize a diversity of tetrapod definitive hosts. Notably, only 2 mature diplostomids are known from crocodilians and both are suggested to be accidental infections. In this study, we use morphological and molecular data to describe Neofibricola n. gen. from a Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus collected in South Africa. We provide a description of adults and metacercariae of the type species, Neofibricola smiti n. sp., and metacercariae of a likely congeneric species. We generated partial 28S and internal transcribed spacer region ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and cytochrome c oxidase 1 subunit mitochondrial DNA for both species and utilized the newly generated 28S sequences to examine phylogenetic affinities of these new taxa. In addition, we provide a new key to diplostomid genera, considering the substantial systematic changes and newly erected genera since the previously published key to diplostomid genera. (© American Society of Parasitologists 2022.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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