Description of new species of Trematoda from bats of Southeastern Mexico and a new classification for Brachylecithum rileyi n. comb. (Dicrocoeliidae).

Autor: Moguel-Chin WI; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, km 15.5 carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil, 97135, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. wilson-im@hotmail.com., Panti-May JA; Centro de Investigaciones Regionales 'Dr. Hideyo Noguchi', Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Av. Itzáes, Centro, 97000, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico., García-García BA; Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Avenida Universidad 3000, CU, 04510, Coyoacán, CDMX, Mexico., Hernández-Mena DI; Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Mérida, Carretera Mérida-Progreso, Loma Bonita, 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. dahernandez.243@gmail.com.; Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Carretera Mérida-Tetiz Km4, 97357, Ucú, Yucatán, Mexico. dahernandez.243@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Systematic parasitology [Syst Parasitol] 2023 Dec 18; Vol. 101 (1), pp. 4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 18.
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-023-10127-y
Abstrakt: To date, 23 species of trematodes have been reported in bats from Mexico. However, in some regions of Mexico, such as the Yucatan Peninsula, many species of bats do not have helminthological records. Here, we sampled bats in four localities in Southeastern Mexico from April 2017 to February 2022. Parasites were collected from the intestine of four species of bats: Pteronotus fulvus, Eumops nanus, Noctilio leporinus and Nyctinomops laticaudatus. Conventional morphological techniques and molecular tools with the 28S ribosomal gene were used to describe the helminths. We discovered that our parasites represent three new species and a new combination of trematodes. We found that the new species have morphological differences with their congeneric species, and we complement this information whit molecular data. Furthermore, we found morphological and molecular evidence that places Dicrocoelium rileyi within the genus Brachylecithum. This study points out the importance of comparing morphological and phylogenetic information.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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