A new record of Neoperla obliqua Banks, 1930 (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Mt. Malindang, Mindanao, Philippines and association of life stages using DNA barcodes

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4514 (1) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAN NIEL B. DELA CRUZ ◽  
OLGA M. NUÑEZA ◽  
CHUNG-PING LIN
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
New Record ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Longitudinal Ridge ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Intraspecific Divergence ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Scanning Electron

The nymph of the perlid Neoperla obliqua Banks, 1913 from Mt. Malindang, Mindanao Island, the Philippines is described and associated with the male and female adults using DNA barcodes. Using pairwise CO1, the nymph was associated with 99.9 ± 0.14% interspecific similarity, while comparison between sexes generated a 0.2% intraspecific divergence between males and females of putative conspecifics. Additionally, the mature ova from female adults are described using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The distinctive chorionic surface is rugose with longitudinal ridge-like pattern with a bare and flat collar. 

scholarly journals Post-embryonic development of the lateral eye of Cloeon sp. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) as revealed by scanning electron microscopy

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susmita Gupta ◽  
Abhik Gupta ◽  
V. Benno Meyer-Rochow
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Embryonic Development ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Corneal Surface ◽  
Developmental Patterns ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Lateral Eye ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Scanning Electron

Post-embryonic developmental patterns of the lateral eyes of both male and female Cloeon sp. are described and compared with each other morphometrically on the basis of scanning electron microscopy. In the larvae number of ommatidia, ommatidial size, and total corneal surface area of the eye increase towards the subimaginal moult. It is then that clear differences between males and females begin to occur: while further increases in the number of ommatidia are recorded from the lateral eye of subimago and imago females (accompanied by decreasing facet sizes and interommatidial angles), males show decreasing numbers of ommatidia and total corneal areas in their lateral eyes as they prepare to leave the water. Consequently, the lateral eyes of a female are larger than those of a male imago. It appears that the enormous development of the dorsal eyes of the males has occurred at the expense of the lateral eyes. In male as well as female lateral eyes two major facet shapes are encountered: squares with rounded corners which are predominantly found in the central and upward looking areas, and hexagons which are dominating the lateral and ventral-facing regions. The different roles of the lateral eyes in male and female baetid mayflies is discussed in relation to their flights and the intriguing idea is presented that females might choose males with the largest dorsal eyes.

Scanning electron microscopy of the operculum of Garra lamta (Hamilton) (Cyprinidae:Cypriniformes), an Indian hill stream fish

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swati Mittal ◽  
Usha Kumari ◽  
Pinky Tripathi ◽  
Ajay Kumar Mittal
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Goblet Cells ◽  
Stream Fish ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Fish Breeding ◽  
Inner Surface ◽  
Garra Lamta ◽  
Scanning Electron

The surface architecture of the epidermis on the outer surface of the operculum (OE) and the epithelium on the inner surface of the operculum (EISO) of Garra lamta was examined by scanning electron microscopy. The surface appeared smooth on the OE and wavy on the EISO. A wavy epithelium is considered to facilitate an increase in its stretchability, during the expansion of the branchial chamber. The OE and the EISO were covered by a mosaic pavement of epithelial cells with characteristic patterns of microridges and microbridges. Interspersed between the epithelial cells were mucous goblet cell pores, which were not significantly different in number in the OE and the EISO. Nevertheless, their surface area in the EISO was significantly higher than in the OE. This could be an adaptation to secrete higher amounts of mucus on the EISO for keeping the branchial chamber lining clean, avoiding clogging, the increased slipperiness reducing friction from water flow and increased efficiency in protecting against microbial attachments. Rounded bulges on the OE and the EISO were associated with mucous goblet cells. The absence of the taste buds in the EISO, in contrast to the OE, suggests that their function in the branchial chamber may not be of much significance in this fish. Breeding tubercles on the OE are believed to facilitate better contact between the male and female during breeding.

scholarly journals Occurrence of Dipetalonema gracile in a wild population of woolly monkey Lagothrix poeppiigii in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-160
Author(s):  
David Fernandez Conga ◽  
Pedro Mayor ◽  
Adriano Penha Furtado ◽  
Elane Guerreiro Giese ◽  
Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Wild Population ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Peruvian Amazon ◽  
New Host ◽  
Woolly Monkey ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
Scanning Electron

Abstract Dipetalonema gracile (Rudolphi, 1809) (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) is one of six species of cavities filarial parasites of Neotropical non-human primates. The present study recorded the occurrence of D. gracile, provides morphological and morphometric data and extends the geographical distribution. Adult filariae were obtained from the thoracic and abdominal cavities of 38 specimens of woolly monkey, which were used for local human consumption, in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon. Male and female filarids were processed and analysed using light and scanning electron microscopy. Details of the cephalic papillae, post-cloacal bands and papillae, vulva, phasmid position and lateral appendages are showed by scanning electron microscopy and is recorded the occurrencce of Lagothrix poeppigii monkey as a new host of this filaria in the Yavari-Mirin river basin, Peruvian Amazon.

Antennal Sensilla of Chrysis shanghalensis (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), a Larval Ectoparasite of Monema flavescens (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Shu Z. Yang ◽  
Mei H. Yang ◽  
Yun Xu ◽  
Jin T. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Natural Enemy ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Antennal Sensilla ◽  
Sensilla Basiconica ◽  
Sensilla Trichodea ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Scanning Electron

Abstract Chrysis shanghalensis Smith (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) is an ectoparasitoid and important natural enemy of Monema flavescens Walker (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), a serious defoliator of a number of tree species. The external morphology of the antennal sensilla of this parasitoid was examined by scanning electron microscopy, and types and distribution of sensilla were recorded. The antennae of C. shanghalensis were geniculate in shape and composed of a scape with radicula, a pedicel, and a flagellum divided into 11 flagellomeres in males and females. Cuticular pore and 14 types of sensilla were identified on the antennae of both sexes. These included aporous Böhm's bristles, sensilla trichodea 1, 2, and 3 (nonporous), sensilla trichodea 4 (multiporous), two types of sensilla chaetica (nonporous), four morphological types of sensilla basiconica (multiporous), two morphological types of sensilla coeloconica (multiporous), and one type of sensillum campaniforme (nonporous).

scholarly journals On cestode and digenean parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) from the Rietvlei Dam, South Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Barson ◽  
A. Avenant-Oldewage
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
New Record ◽  
Histological Analysis ◽  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Host Fish ◽  
Mean Intensity ◽  
Anterior Intestine ◽  
Scanning Electron

Sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus, from the Rietvlei Dam near Pretoria, South Africa were examined for internal platyhelminth parasites. Two adult cestodes, Polyonchobothrium clarias (stomach) (prev alence 71 %, mean intensity = 5, n = 7) and Proteocephalus glanduliger (anterior intestine) (prevalence 14 %, mean intensity = 2, n = 7), were found in the gut while metacercariae of one larval digenean, Ornithodiplostomum sp. (prevalence 14 %, mean intensity = 140, n = 7), were found encysted in the muscles. The morphology of these species, based on light and scanning electron microscopy as well as histological analysis, and how they differ from previously described specimens, are discussed. Ornithodiplostomum is a new record in southern Africa. Infection levels of the host fish were mild compared to records from previous surveys.

scholarly journals Atractis thapari (Nematoda, Atractidae) parasitizing Chelonoidis carbonarius and C. denticulatus (Testudinidae) in the state of Piauí, Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-153
Author(s):  
Anangela Ravena da Silva Leal ◽  
Simone Mousinho Freire ◽  
Marcelo Knoff ◽  
Delir Corrêa Gomes ◽  
Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Taxonomic Identification ◽  
Bright Field ◽  
New Host ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Mean Intensity ◽  
Scanning Electron

Abstract Atractis thapari Petter, 1966, an atractid nematode, was collected parasitizing the large intestine of tortoises of the species Chelonoidis carbonarius (Spix, 1824) (Cc) and C. denticulatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Cd) (Testudinidae) in the Zoobotanical Park of the municipality of Teresina, state of Piauí, Brazil. Taxonomic identification was based on morphological and morphometrical features, and using bright-field and scanning electron microscopy. The present study adds new observations on the morphology of A. thapari, mainly relating to mouth papillae, the excretory pore, deirids, and male and female posterior ends. The parasitic indices of prevalence (P), mean intensity (MI), mean abundance (MA) and range of infection (RI) for A. thapari in these two tortoise species were: P = 100%, MI = 154,667, MA = 154,667, RI = 5,500-588,500 (Cc); P = 100%, MI = 93,639, MA = 93,639, RI = 1,000-224,500 (Cd). This report confirms the occurrence of A. thapari in Neotropical region, South America, Brazil, and extends its occurrences to a new host, the tortoise C. carbonarius. Adjustment of host management with the aim of improving hygiene and health conditions is suggested.

Scanning electron microscopy of the tegument of adult Schistosoma curassoni, and comparison with male S. bovis and S. haematobium from Senegal

Parasitology ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. R. Southgate ◽  
D. Rollinson ◽  
J. Vercruysse
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Electron Microscopical ◽  
Apical Area ◽  
Scanning Electron

SUMMARYScanning electron microscopical studies of adult male and female Schistosoma curassoni, male S. haematobium and male S. bovis are reported. The tubercles on the dorsal and dorso-lateral surfaces of male S. bovis are devoid of spines, whereas spines are present on the tubercles of male S. curassoni and S. haematobium. Some of the tubercles of S. curassoni and S. haematobium are completely covered in spines, whereas others have a spine-free apical area. Thus, on the isolates examined from Senegal it is concluded that adult male S. bovis can be easily distinguished from S. curassoni or S. haematobium on the basis of the structure of the tubercles. The surface of female S. curassoni is smooth, with transverse striations and a pitted appearance, apart from the posterior part where anteriorly pointing spines are found.

scholarly journals Sexual dichroism and pigment localization in the wing scales of Pieris rapae butterflies

2006 ◽  
Vol 274 (1606) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A Giraldo ◽  
D.G Stavenga
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Pieris Rapae ◽  
Reflectance Spectra ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Pieris Rapae Crucivora ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Wing Coloration ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Wing Scales

The beads in the wing scales of pierid butterflies play a crucially important role in wing coloration as shown by spectrophotometry and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The beads contain pterin pigments, which in Pieris rapae absorb predominantly in the ultraviolet (UV). SEM demonstrates that in the European subspecies Pieris rapae rapae , both males and females have dorsal wing scales with a high concentration of beads. In the Japanese subspecies Pieris rapae crucivora , however, only the males have dorsal wing scales studded with beads, and the dorsal scales of females lack beads. Microspectrophotometry of single scales without beads yields reflectance spectra that increase slightly and monotonically with wavelength. With beads, the reflectance is strongly reduced in the UV and enhanced at the longer wavelengths. By stacking several layers of beaded scales, pierid butterflies achieve strong colour contrasts, which are not realized in the dorsal wings of female P. r. crucivora . Consequently, P. r. crucivora exhibits a strong sexual dichroism that is absent in P. r. rapae .

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