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- Title
Arthropod Intermediate Hosts of Abbreviata antarctica (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) in Australia.
- Authors
King, C.; Jones, H. I.; Tay, Chin Yen
- Abstract
This study examines potential arthropod intermediate hosts for the nematode Abbreviata antarctica. Five species of arthropod (tropical native cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus;nativeroach Drymoplaneta communis; native termite Nasutitermes exitiosus; and 2 introduced species, the East African roach Naupheta cinerea and the Asian cricket Acheta domesticus) were fed feces from a skink, Tiliqua rugosa, containing embryonated eggs of A. antarctica. The insects were dissected at 4 intervals (1 day, 4 days, 8-16 days, and 25-26 days). Viable third-stage larvae were recovered from cysts on the external wall of the midgut and hindgut of 62.5% nymphal and adult T. oceanicus crickets at 25-26 days post-infection and from a single nymphal A. domesticus cricket. No roaches contained eggs or first-stage larvae after 48 hr, and neither eggs nor larvae were found in termites.
- Subjects
ARTHROPODA; NEMATODES; TERMITES; HOUSE cricket; ROACH (Fish)
- Publication
Journal of Parasitology, 2013, Vol 99, Issue 4, p708
- ISSN
0022-3395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1645/12-47.1