New host records for Haemogregarina bigemina from the coast of southern Africa

1999 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 933-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.J. Smit ◽  
A.J. Davies
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Blood Parasites ◽  
New Host ◽  
New Host Records ◽  
Intertidal Fishes

One hundred and fifty intertidal fishes were captured at Jeffreys Bay in July 1996 and February 1997, and at De Hoop Nature Reserve in April 1997, South Africa. Caffrogobius caffer, Chorisochismus dentex, Clinus superciliosus, and Clinus cottoides were all parasitised by haematophagous larvae of the isopod, Gnathia africana, and between 22 and 81% of fishes were infested with 1 to 76 larvae each. Of those fishes examined for blood parasites, 35/46 (76.1%) had an intraerythrocytic haemogregarine identified as Haemogregarina (sensu lato) bigemina, but only Clinus superciliosus and Clinus cottoides were infected. Gamonts of the haemogregarine, some undergoing syzygy, were also present in 50% of stained batches of the anterior hindgut contents of G. africana larvae which had fed on Clinus superciliosus, but were absent from larvae taken from Clinus cottoides and Chorisochismus dentex. This study provides new host records for H. bigemina and further evidence that gnathiid isopods play a role in the transmission of the haemogregarine.

New larval host records and locality data for Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931 (Acari: Nuttalliellidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-319
Author(s):  
Dmitry A. Apanaskevich
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Murid Rodents ◽  
Elephant Shrew ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Host Records

New larval hosts and locality data of an enigmatic tick, Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931 (Acari: Nuttalliellidae) are recorded. Most of the discovered larvae were found on various species of murid rodents (Rodentia: Muridae), while few larvae were collected on a petromurid rodent (Rodentia: Petromuridae), canid (Carnivora: Canidae), hares (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) and elephant shrew (Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae). Eight species of hosts are new host records for larvae of N. namaqua. This tick species is recorded for the first time from Botswana and Mozambique as well as from new localities in Namibia and South Africa.

scholarly journals Rumen protozoa in South African sheep with a summary of the worldwide distribution of sheep protozoa

2011 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Booyse ◽  
Burk A. Dehority
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Ovis Aries ◽  
Domestic Sheep ◽  
New Host ◽  
Worldwide Distribution ◽  
The World ◽  
Wild Sheep ◽  
New Host Records ◽  
Ciliate Protozoa

Protozoa species were identified in rumen contents of four domestic sheep (Ovis aries) from South Africa. All animals were fed a forage diet which consisted of 50% lucerne and 50% teff hay. Ten new host records were identified, bringing the total number of species and forms observed in sheep in South Africa to 30. The occurrence and geographic distribution of ciliate protozoa in both domestic and wild sheep from around the world are summarised. It was found that 15 genera and 131 species occur in domestic sheep globally.

scholarly journals Notes on the occurrence of Trypanosoma sp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in freshwater fishes from South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryke L. Ferreira ◽  
Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Host Record ◽  
New Host ◽  
New Host Record ◽  
Infection Pattern ◽  
Vaal River ◽  
Vaal Dam ◽  
Seasonal Infection

A total of 257 fishes from four families, Clariidae, Cichlidae, Cyprinidae and Schilbeidae were collected from three localities: the Sand River Dam, Swaziland; the Nylsvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa and the Vaal Dam and Vaal River Barrage, South Africa. Only fishes (n= 154) from Clariidae and Cichlidae were found to be infected with trypanosomes. A total of 221 Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) were collected from the Vaal Dam and Vaal Barrage area, South Africa. Of these, 74%(89/121) were infected with trypanosomes from the Vaal Dam and 63%(63/100) from the Vaal River Barrage, with no seasonal infection pattern. A prevalence of 25%(1/4) was found in C. gariepinus from the Sand River Dam, Swaziland, and a 50% (1/2) prevalence was found in Tilapia sparrmanii from the Nylsvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa. Standard measurements conformed closely to the morphometric and morphological descriptions of Trypanosoma mukasai. This article provides new locality records for T. mukasai from the Vaal Dam, Vaal River Barrage and Nylsvlei Nature Reserve (South Africa) and the Sand River Dam (Swaziland). Tilapia sparrmanii collected in the Sand River Dam in Swaziland is also noted as a new host record.

scholarly journals Newly identified hominin trackways from the Cape south coast of South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 116 (9/10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Helm ◽  
Martin G. Lockley ◽  
Hayley C. Cawthra ◽  
Jan C. De Vynck ◽  
Mark G. Dixon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
South Coast ◽  
Marine Isotope Stage ◽  
Track Record ◽  
The World ◽  
Marine Isotope Stage 5

Three new Pleistocene hominin tracksites have been identified on the Cape south coast of South Africa, one in the Garden Route National Park and two in the Goukamma Nature Reserve, probably dating to Marine Isotope Stage 5. As a result, southern Africa now boasts six hominin tracksites, which are collectively the oldest sites in the world that are attributed to Homo sapiens. The tracks were registered on dune surfaces, now preserved in aeolianites. Tracks of varying size were present at two sites, indicating the presence of more than one trackmaker, and raising the possibility of family groups. A total of 18 and 32 tracks were recorded at these two sites, respectively. Ammoglyphs were present at one site. Although track quality was not optimal, and large aeolianite surface exposures are rare in the region, these sites prove the capacity of coastal aeolianites to yield such discoveries, and they contribute to what remains a sparse global hominin track record. It is evident that hominin tracks are more common in southern Africa than was previously supposed.

scholarly journals Pentastomid parasites in fish in the Olifants and Incomati River systems, South Africa

2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilmien J. Luus-Powell ◽  
Antoinette Jooste ◽  
Kerstin Junker
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Body Cavity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Swim Bladder ◽  
New Host ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
New Host Records

During parasitological field surveys of freshwater fish, sebekiid and subtriquetrid pentastome larvae were recovered from the body cavity or swim bladder of several fish species from various localities in Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces, South Africa. Sebekia wedli was recovered from the body cavity of Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Mormyridae) from Flag Boshielo Dam, Limpopo Province, and Alofia sp. and Subtriquetra rileyi were found in the swim bladder of Oreochromis mossambicus (Cichlidae) from the Phalaborwa Barrage, Limpopo Province. The latter species was also collected from the swim bladder of O. mossambicus in dams in the Phalaborwa region and the Ga-Selati River, Limpopo Province. A single specimen of Sebekia okavangoensis was present in the body cavity of Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae) in a dam on a sugarcane farm in the Komatipoort region, Mpumalanga Province. Pentastomid infections in the Mormyridae and Clariidae represent new host records.

Blood parasites of East African vertebrates, with a brief description of exo-erythrocytic schizogony in Plasmodium pitmani

Parasitology ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 40 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 328-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. C. Garnham
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cercopithecus Aethiops ◽  
Blood Parasites ◽  
East African ◽  
New Host ◽  
Plasmodium Relictum ◽  
Cercopithecus Mitis ◽  
New Host Records

1. The following new species were encountered in this investigation:Haemogregarina hamata in Lacerta jacksoni;Hepatozoon minchini in Crotaphopeltis degeniPirhaemocyton granosa in Agama colonorumAtoxoplasma argyae n.gen. n.sp. in Argya rubi-ginosaSpirochaeta harveyi in Cercopithecus aethiops.2. Further information is given in regard to the following known species, including new host records:Plasmodium pitmani in Mabuia striata and M. maculilabrisTrypanosoma martini in Mabuia maculilabrisPlasmodium vaughani in Othyphantes reichenowiPlasmodium relictum in Othyphantes reichenowi and Passer iagoensisHaemoproteus wenyoni in Passer griseusLeucocytozoon sp. in nine species of birdsHepatocystes epomophori in Epomophorus labiatusHepatocystes kochi in Cercopithecus, etc.Babesia pitheci in Cercopithecus mitis.3. Exo-erythrocytic schizogony is described in Plasmodium pitmani of the skink (from spleen and heart preparations).

scholarly journals Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Rousse ◽  
Simon Van Noort
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Host ◽  
Country Level ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Colour Patterns ◽  
New Host Records

We revised the species of the genus Pristomerus Curtis, 1836 in the Afrotropical Region. Fortynine species are recognized, of which 31 are newly described. The following new species are described: P. afrikaner, P. aka, P. babinga, P. bemba, P. dikidiki, P. herero, P. hutu, P. kagga, P. khoikhoi, P. kuku, P. masai, P. mbaka, P. mbama, P. mboum, P. nzakara, P. protea, P. restio, P. san, P. sara, P. sotho, P. swahili, P. teke, P. tutsi, P. venda, P. wolof, P. xhosa, P. yakoma, P. yangere, P. yoccolo, P. zande and P. zulu spp. nov. New synonyms: P. africator, P. cunctator and P. luteolus are new junior synonyms of P. pallidus. New records: new host records are reported for the widespread P. pallidus; new country-level distribution records are added for P. bullis, P. keyka, P. kelikely and P. pallidus; and reports of Trathala concolor and P. veloma in South Africa are shown to have been erroneous. An illustrated dichotomous key to females is provided; an online Lucid interactive matrix key is also available at www.waspweb.org. Finally, the ecological and geographical correlates of colour patterns exhibited by Pristomerus in the Afrotropical region are discussed.

Region of Birth and Child Mortality among Black Migrants to South Africa: Is there a foreign-born advantage?

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany L Green ◽  
Amos C Peters
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Black Immigrants ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Region Of Origin ◽  
Child Deaths

Much of the existing evidence for the healthy immigrant advantage comes from developed countries. We investigate whether an immigrant health advantage exists in South Africa, an important emerging economy.  Using the 2001 South African Census, this study examines differences in child mortality between native-born South African and immigrant blacks.  We find that accounting for region of origin is critical: immigrants from southern Africa are more likely to experience higher lifetime child mortality compared to the native-born population.  Further, immigrants from outside of southern Africa are less likely than both groups to experience child deaths.  Finally, in contrast to patterns observed in developed countries, we detect a strong relationship between schooling and child mortality among black immigrants.

Reverend Doctor Sox Leleki and His Role in the Black Methodist Consultation

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonwabile Mancotywa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
Methodist Church ◽  
Role Players

The Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) is one of the mainline Christian denominations with a very good history. However, it was not immune from the larger political influence of South Africa that was polarised by apartheid. This article is intended to look at the formation known as the Black Methodist Consultation (BMC), which at that time had an individual member who played an important role in its development and activities. Sox Leleki was one of the key role players of this movement inside the Methodist Church

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