Chordodes ferox, a new record of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) from South Africa
| Autor: | Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Renzo Perissinotto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Chordodidae Range (biology) Chordodes ferox Nematomorpha Nephrozoa 010607 zoology Protostomia Zoology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Nematoida South Africa Gordioidea NematomorphaCephalornis Animalia Bilateria Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Sphodromantis praying mantid hosts biology Polyspilota aeruginosa Host (biology) Ecology ferox new records Gordioida biology.organism_classification Cycloneuralia Ecdysozoa Animal Science and Zoology Chordodes feroxAnimalia Chordodes Coelenterata Research Article |
| Zdroj: | ZooKeys ZooKeys 566: 1-11 |
| ISSN: | 1313-2970 1313-2989 |
| DOI: | 10.3897/zookeys.566.6810 |
| Popis: | Three females and one male specimen of a previously unconfirmed species of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) from South Africa are described using Scanning Electron Microscopy. The females correspond to the description of Chordodes ferox Camerano, 1897, a species previously described from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and an adjacent, not further specified region of the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville). Characteristic is the presence of enlarged and elevated simple areoles around the base of a thorn areole, in combination with further cuticular characters. This is the latest of a total of six species of horsehair worms reported from South Africa so far. Two species of praying mantids, Polyspilota aeruginosa (Goeze, 1778) and Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858, have been identified as hosts of Chordodes ferox, while its distribution range in the region and the period of adult emergence from the host remain largely unknown. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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