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New feather mite species (Acari, Astigmata) from the Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita and Yellow-crested Cockatoo C-sulphurea (Psittaciformes, Cacatuidae)

April 12, 2008 By: admin Category: Immunology and Microbiology, Life Sciences

Two new genera and three new species of feather mites (Astigmata,Pterolichoidea, Analgoidea) are described from two closely related species of cockatoos, Cacatuagalerita (type host) and C. sulphurea (Psittaciformes, Cacatuidae): (more…)

Gamasine mite (Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata) infestations of bats (Mammalia,Chiroptera) in Turkey

April 12, 2008 By: admin Category: Immunology and Microbiology, Life Sciences

The present study was conducted on bats from different locations in Turkey.Of 33 bats, belonging to 10 species, 10 individuals (30.3%) of four species were infected withgamasine mites. Fifty-three mites belonging to 2 families (Spinturnicidae and Macronyssidae) werecollected. (more…)

A new species of Ascarophis (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from the stomach ofthe marine scorpaeniform fish Hoplichthys citrinus from a seamount off the Chesterfield Islands, NewCaledonia

April 12, 2008 By: admin Category: Immunology and Microbiology, Life Sciences

A new species of parasitic nematode, Ascarophis (Similascarophis) richeri sp.nov. (Cystidicolidae), is described from the stomach of the marine scorpaeniform fish Hoplichthyscitrinus Gilbert (Hoplichthyidae) (prevalence 19%, intensity 1-8 nematodes per fish) collected inthe region of the Chesterfield Islands (Coral Sea, west of New Caledonia) in October 2005. The newspecies, studied using both light (more…)

A new species of Moaciria (Nematoda, Heterakidae) and other helminths in thered Mawatta frog, Hylophorbus cf. rufescens (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

April 12, 2008 By: admin Category: Immunology and Microbiology, Life Sciences

Moaciria moraveci sp. nov. (Nematoda, Heterakidae) from the large intestineof Hylophorbus cf. rufescens from Papua New Guinea is described. (more…)

Two new species of Cameronia basir, 1948 (Oxyurida, thelastomatoidea,thelastomatidae) from manipur, north-east india

April 12, 2008 By: admin Category: Immunology and Microbiology, Life Sciences

During a survey of insect nematodes from Manipur, two new species ofnematodes parasitic in the hindgut of mole cricket Gryllotalpa africana were recovered. The two newspecies are designated as Cameronia triovata sp. nov. and Cameronia manipurensis sp. nov. C.triovata sp. nov. is characterized by presence of three eggs (more…)

Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Calliobothrium verticillatum (Cestoda,Tetraphyllidea, Oncobothriidae)

April 12, 2008 By: admin Category: Immunology and Microbiology, Life Sciences

The ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Calliobothrium verticillatum(Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea, Oncobothriidae) parasite of the smoothhound shark, Mustelus mustelus L.(Pisces, Carcharhiniformes), was studied by transmission electron microscopy. (more…)

Redescription of Pseudogilquinia pillersi (Southwell, 1929) (Cestoda,Trypanorhyncha) from serranid and lethrinid fishes from New Caledonia and Australia

April 12, 2008 By: admin Category: Immunology and Microbiology, Life Sciences

Pseudogilquinia pillersi (Southwell, 1929), a poorly known species oftrypanorhynch, is redescribed from plerocerci collected from Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1922),Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch et Schneider, 1801) (Serranidae) and Plectropomus laevis (Lacepede,1801) (Serranidae) off New Caledonia. (more…)

new species of Stephanostomum Looss, 1899 (Digenea, Acanthocolpidae) with abizarre oral sucker: S-adlardi sp nov from the common coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepede,1802) (Perciformes, Serranidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

April 12, 2008 By: admin Category: Immunology and Microbiology, Life Sciences

A new species of Acanthocolpidae, Stephanostomum adlardi is described fromthe serranid Plectropomus leopardus from Lizard Island in the northern Great Barrier Reef. Itdiffers from all previously described acanthocolpids in the structure of the oral sucker which isextended into dorsal and ventral lobes each bearing a row of spines. (more…)