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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Rhabdias rhampholeonis n. sp. and Rhabdias mariauxi n. sp. (Nematoda, Rhabdiasoidea), first lung worms from leaf chameleons: Description, molecular evidence and notes on biology
Parasitology International, Volume 58, No. 4, Year 2009
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Description
Rhabdias rhampholeonis n. sp. from Rhampholeon (Rh.) spectrum, Cameroon, and Rhabdias mariauxi n. sp. from Rieppeleon brevicaudatus, Tanzania, are the first lung worms from leaf chameleons. The new species are similar to the majority of species parasitic in chamaeleonids by having a long (≥10 mm) and thick body (≥500 μm), long oesophagus (≥800 μm), wide buccal capsule (≥40 μm) and low buccal ratio (<0.5). They most closely resemble Rhabdias chamaeleonis and Rhabdias cristati parasitic in Trioceros spp. from East Africa and Cameroon, respectively. Main distinctive characters are a buccal capsule composed of two segments and the head shape. The dorso-ventrally flattened buccal capsule of R. mariauxi n. sp. is unique in Rhabdias parasitising Chamaeleonidae. Sequences of the 12S rDNA and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (coxI) genes were obtained and compared to those of Rhabdias okuensis, the only sequences published for chamaeleonid lung worms. The smallest nucleotide interspecific distances were found between R. mariauxi n. sp. and the former species of Trioceros from Cameroon. Hermaphroditism in females in the lungs, and R. mariauxi n. sp. free-living stages are like in other species from Chamaeleonidae, but the number of infective larvae produced per free-living female (one or two) was not fixed. © 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lhermitte-Vallarino, N.
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Barbuto, M.
Italy, Milan
Università Degli Studi Di Milano-bicocca
Junker, Kerstin
South Africa, Onderstepoort
Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
Boistel, Renaud
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Ineich, Ivan
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Wanji, Samuel
Cameroon, Yaounde
Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment
Bain, Odile
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.parint.2009.07.009
ISSN:
13835769
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Cameroon
Tanzania
Participants Gender
Female