来自阿根廷的Hippocrepis fuelleborni (Digenea:Notocotylidae),进行了形态,分子和遗传学研究
Natalia Beatriz Guerreiro Martins1, María Del Rosario Robles2, Victoria Canova3
1Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE); FCNyM; UNLP; CONICET; Boulevard 120 entre Av. 60 y Calle 64; 1900 La Plata; Argentina.. natalia_gmartins@cepave.edu.ar.
Zootaxa
|December 8, 2024
概括
这项研究报告了在阿根廷的cricetid动物中首次记录了Digenean寄生虫属Hippocrepis的记录. 分子和形态分析确定了Hippocrepis fuelleborni,扩大了对寄生虫与宿主关系的知识.
科学领域:
- 寄生虫学的寄生虫学
- 类动物学 类动物学
- 动物生物学 动物生物学
背景情况:
- 诺托科蒂科家族包括13个属的全球发现的虫寄生虫,影响鸟类和哺乳动物.
- 在美洲有四个Notocotylidae属,在阿根廷有两个专门寄生于动物.
- 之前的研究还没有记录在cricetid动物中Hippocrepis属.
研究的目的:
- 为了在形态和分子上表征阿根廷发现寄生于动物Holochilus brasiliensis的Hippocrepis属的dignean标本.
- 为提供第一个记录的基因 Hippocrepis 在cricetid动物.
- 在分子上对已识别的寄生虫物种的三个遗传标记进行表征.
主要方法:
- 在阿根廷昆卡德尔普拉塔地区的七个地方收集了Holochilus brasiliensis的标本.
- 传统的形态分析是在动物中发现的dignean标本上进行的.
- 分子表征涉及从已识别的dignean寄生虫中测序三个遗传标记.
主要成果:
- 从11个Holochilus brasiliensis中收集的Digenean标本被识别为Hippocrepis fuelleborni. 这些标本被确定为Hippocrepis fuelleborni.
- 这代表了Hippocrepis属寄生于cricetid动物的第一个有记录的实例.
- 对Hippocrepis fuelleborni三种遗传标记的分子数据已成功获取和鉴定.
结论:
- 这项研究确定了Hippocrepis fuelleborni在Holochilus brasiliensis中的存在,这标志着Hippocrepis属在cricetid动物中的新宿主记录.
- 进一步研究这一属,包括对Notocotylidae单元型更广泛的采样,对于理解跨属关系和完善系统分类至关重要.
- 这一发现为寄生虫学领域提供了有价值的数据,特别是关于南美动物中的虫寄生虫的多样性和分布.
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