Issue |
Parasite
Volume 10, Number 3, September 2003
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Page(s) | 235 - 241 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2003103235 | |
Published online | 26 August 2014 |
Mémoire
Rilleyella petauri gen. nov., sp. nov. (Pentastomida : Cephalobaenida) from the lungs and nasal sinus of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia : Petauridae) in Australia
Rileyella petauri gen. nov., sp. nov. (Pentastomida : Cephalobaenida) parasite des poumons et des fosses nasales de Petaurus breviceps (Marsupalia : Petauridae) en Australie
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, GPO Box 284, Canberra 2601, Australia.
* Tél. : 612 6242 1648 Fax : 612 6242 1555. E-mail: dave.spratt@csiro.au
Received:
19
March
2003
Accepted:
30
April
2003
A new cephalobaenid pentastome, Rileyella petauri gen. nov., sp. nov. from the lungs and nasal sinus of the petaurid marsupial, Petaurus breviceps, is described. It is the smallest adult pentastome known to date, represents the first record of a mammal as the definitive host of a cephalobaenid and may respresent the only pentastome known to inhabit the lungs of a mammal through all its instars, with the exception of patent females. Adult males, non-gravid females and nymphs moulting to adults occur in the lungs; gravid females occur in the nasal sinus. R. petauri is minute and possesses morphological features primarily of the Cephalobaenida but the glands in the cephalothorax and the morphology of the copulatory spicules are similar to some members of the remaining pentastomid order, the Porocephalida. This unusual combination of features distinguish the new genus from other genera in the Cephalobaenida. The occurrence of only seven fully-formed larvae in eggs in the uterus, each representing about 10 % of the length of the patent female, and her presence in the nasal sinus of a dependent juvenile P. breviceps (36 gm) implies a direct life cycle.
Résumé
Description de Rileyella petauri n.g., n. sp. (Cephalobaenida) parasite des poumons et fosses nasales de Petaurus breviceps (Petauridae) en Australie. Celle espèce est le plus petit pentastome connu à l'état adulte. C'est la première mention d'un Mammifère comme hôte définitif d'un Cephalobenide, et c'est le seul pentastome dont tous les stades soient parasites des poumons de Mammifères, à l'exception des femelles mûres qui migrent dans les fosses nasales. La morphologie se rapproche de celle des Cephalobaenida, mais les glandes céphalo-thoraciques et les spicules sont proches de ceux de certains Porocephalides. Cette combinaison exceptionnelle distingue le nouveau genre des autres Cephalobaenida. Le petit nombre d'œufs intra-utérins contenant des larves bien différenciées et de longueur égale à 10% de celle de la femelle, ainsi que la présence de cette dernière dans le sinus nasal d'un jeune dépendant, suggèrent que le cycle biologique est direct.
Key words: Pentastomida / Cephalobaenida / Rileyella petauri gen. nov. sp. nov / Marsupialia / Petauridae / Petaurus breviceps / Australia
Mots clés : Pentastomida / Cephalobaenida / Rileyella petauri gen. nov. sp. nov / Marsupialia / Petauridae / Petaurus breviceps / Australie
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