Ralph Peter Eckerlin, Ph.D. 10 February 1938-9 February 2024
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):141-142. doi: 10.1645/24-25.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38629268 | DOI:10.1645/24-25 (Source: The Journal of Parasitology)
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Lance A Durden Source Type: research
Description of female dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (braun, 1901) skrjabin, 1924 from two new avian hosts in namibia with phylogenetic analyses and comments on several taxonomically uncertain avian schistosome sequences
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):170-178. doi: 10.1645/23-44.ABSTRACTDuring a 2021 parasitological survey of birds in the Nyae Nyae-Khaudum Dispersal Area (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Namibia), we collected 9 specimens of Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (Braun, 1901) Skrjabin, 1924 infecting the blood (heart lumen) of a white-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus (Eyton, 1838) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), and a fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (Anatidae). These flukes were fixed for morphology and preserved for DNA extraction. We assigned our specimens to DendritobilharziaSkrjabin ...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Haley R Dutton Louis H DuPreez Edward C Netherlands Bernard J Jordaan Stephen A Bullard Source Type: research
Host switching in dicyemids (phylum dicyemida)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):159-169. doi: 10.1645/23-52.ABSTRACTDicyemids (phylum Dicyemida) are the most common and most characteristic endosymbionts in the renal sacs of benthic cephalopod molluscs: octopuses and cuttlefishes. Typically, 2 or 3 dicyemid species are found in a single specimen of the host, and most dicyemids have high host specificity. Host-specific parasites are restricted to a limited range of host species by ecological barriers that impede dispersal and successful establishment; therefore, phylogenies of interacting groups are often congruent due to repeated co-speciation. Most frequently, however, h...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Hiroaki Nakajima Ayako Fukui Kazutaka Suzuki R Yusrifar Kharisma Tirta Hidetaka Furuya Source Type: research
A range-wide ectoparasite survey for allegheny woodrats (neotoma magister)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):179-185. doi: 10.1645/23-118.ABSTRACTAllegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) are karst-specializing rodents that are rare or in conservation need in many states within their current range. Parasitism and habitat fragmentation have been suggested as primary reasons for declining populations. The presence, prevalence, and impact of ectoparasites, including fleas, ticks, and bots, is not fully understood rangewide. We collected Allegheny woodrat ectoparasites across 8 states in their range, identifying parasites via morphological and genetic means. Across contributions from 8 states, we discovered...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Karen E Powers Ralph P Eckerlin Robert R Sheehy Richard J Reynolds Source Type: research
Ralph Peter Eckerlin, Ph.D. 10 February 1938-9 February 2024
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):141-142. doi: 10.1645/24-25.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38629268 | DOI:10.1645/24-25 (Source: The Journal of Parasitology)
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Lance A Durden Source Type: research
Description of female dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (braun, 1901) skrjabin, 1924 from two new avian hosts in namibia with phylogenetic analyses and comments on several taxonomically uncertain avian schistosome sequences
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):170-178. doi: 10.1645/23-44.ABSTRACTDuring a 2021 parasitological survey of birds in the Nyae Nyae-Khaudum Dispersal Area (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Namibia), we collected 9 specimens of Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (Braun, 1901) Skrjabin, 1924 infecting the blood (heart lumen) of a white-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus (Eyton, 1838) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), and a fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (Anatidae). These flukes were fixed for morphology and preserved for DNA extraction. We assigned our specimens to DendritobilharziaSkrjabin ...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Haley R Dutton Louis H DuPreez Edward C Netherlands Bernard J Jordaan Stephen A Bullard Source Type: research
Host switching in dicyemids (phylum dicyemida)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):159-169. doi: 10.1645/23-52.ABSTRACTDicyemids (phylum Dicyemida) are the most common and most characteristic endosymbionts in the renal sacs of benthic cephalopod molluscs: octopuses and cuttlefishes. Typically, 2 or 3 dicyemid species are found in a single specimen of the host, and most dicyemids have high host specificity. Host-specific parasites are restricted to a limited range of host species by ecological barriers that impede dispersal and successful establishment; therefore, phylogenies of interacting groups are often congruent due to repeated co-speciation. Most frequently, however, h...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Hiroaki Nakajima Ayako Fukui Kazutaka Suzuki R Yusrifar Kharisma Tirta Hidetaka Furuya Source Type: research
Morphological and molecular characterization of amblyomma scutatum (acari: ixodidae) accidentally introduced in italy
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):155-158. doi: 10.1645/20-69.ABSTRACTEight ticks were found in Comacchio (FE), Italy parasitizing a young black iguana (Ctenosaura similis) that had been accidentally transported in a commercial plant container from Costa Rica. Specimens were identified morphologically as Amblyomma scutatum and then confirmed by the barcoding of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene. Amblyomma scutatum is a common tick known to infest reptiles in Central America, Mexico, and Venezuela, but not in Europe. In Italy, the possibility for this tick to become endemic is unlikely because of the absenc...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 15, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Annalisa Grisendi Mattia Calzolari Francesco Defilippo Deborah Torri Katia Marzani Michele Dottori Paolo Bonilauri Giulia Maioli Source Type: research
The coccidia species pfeifferinella ellipsoides exhibits spatial and species-specific variation in prevalence among freshwater snails
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):150-154. doi: 10.1645/23-17.ABSTRACTFreshwater snails are commonly studied within the context of their role as intermediate hosts for digenetic trematodes. However, there are fundamental data deficiencies related to our understanding of directly transmitted parasites, such as coccidia, for freshwater snails. Because variation in coccidia pathogenicity and transmission among snail species likely has major impacts on snail community structure, we aimed to investigate the spatial distribution and prevalence of coccidia in several freshwater snail species throughout the Ozark and Ouachita Mountai...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 13, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Maria Reid Bollinger Taylor Michelle Fiedor Kyle Douglas Gustafson Source Type: research
Influence of grooming on permanent arthropod associates of birds: cattle egrets, lice, and mites
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):143-149. doi: 10.1645/23-85.ABSTRACTBirds have a diverse community of "permanent" arthropods that complete their entire life cycle on the body of the host. Because some of these arthropods are parasites that reduce host fitness, birds control them by grooming, which consists of preening with the beak and scratching with the feet. Although preening is the primary component of grooming, scratching is essential for controlling arthropods on the head and neck, which cannot be preened. Several unrelated groups of birds have evolved comb-like pectinate claws on the middle toenail of each foot. We t...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 1, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Matthew M Waller Hannah M Warr Graham B Goodman Sarah E Bush Dale H Clayton Source Type: research
Influence of grooming on permanent arthropod associates of birds: cattle egrets, lice, and mites
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):143-149. doi: 10.1645/23-85.ABSTRACTBirds have a diverse community of "permanent" arthropods that complete their entire life cycle on the body of the host. Because some of these arthropods are parasites that reduce host fitness, birds control them by grooming, which consists of preening with the beak and scratching with the feet. Although preening is the primary component of grooming, scratching is essential for controlling arthropods on the head and neck, which cannot be preened. Several unrelated groups of birds have evolved comb-like pectinate claws on the middle toenail of each foot. We t...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 1, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Matthew M Waller Hannah M Warr Graham B Goodman Sarah E Bush Dale H Clayton Source Type: research
Influence of grooming on permanent arthropod associates of birds: cattle egrets, lice, and mites
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):143-149. doi: 10.1645/23-85.ABSTRACTBirds have a diverse community of "permanent" arthropods that complete their entire life cycle on the body of the host. Because some of these arthropods are parasites that reduce host fitness, birds control them by grooming, which consists of preening with the beak and scratching with the feet. Although preening is the primary component of grooming, scratching is essential for controlling arthropods on the head and neck, which cannot be preened. Several unrelated groups of birds have evolved comb-like pectinate claws on the middle toenail of each foot. We t...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 1, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Matthew M Waller Hannah M Warr Graham B Goodman Sarah E Bush Dale H Clayton Source Type: research
Influence of grooming on permanent arthropod associates of birds: cattle egrets, lice, and mites
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):143-149. doi: 10.1645/23-85.ABSTRACTBirds have a diverse community of "permanent" arthropods that complete their entire life cycle on the body of the host. Because some of these arthropods are parasites that reduce host fitness, birds control them by grooming, which consists of preening with the beak and scratching with the feet. Although preening is the primary component of grooming, scratching is essential for controlling arthropods on the head and neck, which cannot be preened. Several unrelated groups of birds have evolved comb-like pectinate claws on the middle toenail of each foot. We t...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 1, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Matthew M Waller Hannah M Warr Graham B Goodman Sarah E Bush Dale H Clayton Source Type: research
Influence of grooming on permanent arthropod associates of birds: cattle egrets, lice, and mites
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):143-149. doi: 10.1645/23-85.ABSTRACTBirds have a diverse community of "permanent" arthropods that complete their entire life cycle on the body of the host. Because some of these arthropods are parasites that reduce host fitness, birds control them by grooming, which consists of preening with the beak and scratching with the feet. Although preening is the primary component of grooming, scratching is essential for controlling arthropods on the head and neck, which cannot be preened. Several unrelated groups of birds have evolved comb-like pectinate claws on the middle toenail of each foot. We t...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 1, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Matthew M Waller Hannah M Warr Graham B Goodman Sarah E Bush Dale H Clayton Source Type: research
Influence of grooming on permanent arthropod associates of birds: cattle egrets, lice, and mites
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):143-149. doi: 10.1645/23-85.ABSTRACTBirds have a diverse community of "permanent" arthropods that complete their entire life cycle on the body of the host. Because some of these arthropods are parasites that reduce host fitness, birds control them by grooming, which consists of preening with the beak and scratching with the feet. Although preening is the primary component of grooming, scratching is essential for controlling arthropods on the head and neck, which cannot be preened. Several unrelated groups of birds have evolved comb-like pectinate claws on the middle toenail of each foot. We t...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 1, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Matthew M Waller Hannah M Warr Graham B Goodman Sarah E Bush Dale H Clayton Source Type: research
