First record of the natural occurrence in Europe of the basidiomycete Pleurotus cystidiosus on a new host

From January to April 2006, 37 specimens of Hemidactylus mabouia were collected in houses, in the municipality of Barbalha (7° 20' S and 39° 18' W), Ceará State, Northeast Brazil. Among the individuals captured, 17 were infected with pentastomids, totalling a prevalence of 45.9%, which did not differ between sexes. Host size did not influence the infection intensity. Two species of pentastomids were found: Raillietiella frenatus and R. mottae. The prevalence of R. frenatus (43.2%) was higher than R. mottae (2.7%), whereas the infection intensity of R. frenatus was comparatively lower (1.8 ± 1.4) than R. mottae (36 parasites in a single host). Overall mean intensity of infection was 3.8 ± 8.4 pentastomids. We found no pentastomid infecting juvenile geckos. The parameters of infection in this host population are in accordance to the findings of other studies, in which the high parasitism rate was associated to the feeding habits of geckos living in houses and buildings. Hemidactylus mabouia is a new host to R. mottae and the infection by R. frenatus is the first record of the occurrence this pentastomid species in Brazil.

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First Record of the Fish Louse Argulus quadristriatus (Branchiura: Arguloida: Argulidae) from Japanese Waters, with Three New Host Records

Species Diversity ◽

10.12782/sd.22_37 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 37-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daisuke Uyeno ◽

Wataru Miyazaki ◽

Kazuya Nagasawa

Keyword(s):

First Record ◽

New Host ◽

Japanese Waters ◽

Fish Louse ◽

New Host Records

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First record of Cephalobaena tetrapoda (Pentastomida: Cephalobaenidae) as a parasite on Liophis lineatus (Ophidia: Colubridae) in Northeast Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/s1519-69842006000300023 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 66 (2a) ◽

pp. 559-564 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

W. O. Almeida ◽

S. V. Brito ◽

F. S. Ferreira ◽

M. L. Christoffersen

Keyword(s):

Respiratory Tract ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Tropical Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Northeast Brazil ◽

New Host ◽

Humid Tropical Forest

Cephalobaenidae constitutes one of the main pentastomid groups infecting the respiratory tract of snakes. Six specimens of Liophis lineatus, a colubrid, were collected by active capture and pitfalls installed on the banks of the Batateiras river, close to its source, in the ‘APA - Área de Proteção Ambiental’ (a protected environmental area of the ‘IBAMA - Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources’), and in a remnant of the humid tropical forest ‘FLONA - Floresta Nacional do Araripe’, both in the municipality of Crato, state of Ceará, Northeast Brazil. Out of the six specimens of L. lineatus examined, only one had its lung infected by the pentastomid Cephalobaena tetrapoda. This represents the first record of C. tetrapoda as a parasite of a snake in Northeast Brazil, as well as the first record of a colubrid, L. lineatus, as a new host for the pentastomid in Brazil.

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First record of Gryllophila skrjabini Sergiev, 1923 and Cephalobellus magalhaesi Schwenk, 1926 (Nematoda: Thelastomatidae) parasites of Neocurtilla claraziana Saussure, 1874 (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) in Argentina

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.11606/0031-1049.2017.57.37 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 57 (37) ◽

pp. 473

Author(s):

José Matias Rusconi ◽

Maria Fernanda Achinelly ◽

Nora Beatriz Camino

Keyword(s):

Buenos Aires ◽

Field Survey ◽

Host Record ◽

Nematode Species ◽

First Record ◽

Agricultural Pests ◽

New Host ◽

New Host Record ◽

The World ◽

First Time

Thelastomatidae is one of the largest families parasitizing insects, within the order Oxyurida. In this work we reported parasitism in nymphs and adults of Neocurtilla claraziana by two different thelastomatid species as a part of a field survey on agricultural pests. Nymphs and adults of this insect were isolated from grasslands of Buenos Aires State, Argentina using a tensio-active solution. The nematode species Gryllophila skrjabini Sergiev, 1923 and Cephalobellus magalhaesi Schwenk, 1926 are briefly described and measurements are given. Both nematodes are reported for the first time in Argentina with C. magalhaesi being the second isolation of this species in the world. Neocurtilla clarziana is a new host record for G. skrjabini.

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New host and distribution record of Pontobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Hirudinea) from a Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856), in Mozambique, Western Indian Ocean

Check List ◽

10.15560/15.2.265 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 265-268

Author(s):

Clare A. Keating Daly ◽

Danielle Orrell ◽

Isabel M. da Silva ◽

João P. F. Macuio ◽

Tessa N. Hempton ◽

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Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Western Indian Ocean ◽

First Record ◽

New Host ◽

Reef Shark ◽

The Third ◽

Distribution Record

This report describes the first record of the piscicolid leech Pontobdella macrothela from Mozambique waters and the first record of P. macrothela parasitizing a Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). The leech, P. macrothela, was found attached externally between the third and fourth gill slits of a shark captured off Vamizi Island, Quirimbas Archipelago, northern Mozambique.

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