First record of Gryllophila skrjabini Sergiev, 1923 and Cephalobellus magalhaesi Schwenk, 1926 (Nematoda: Thelastomatidae) parasites of Neocurtilla claraziana Saussure, 1874 (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) in ArgentinaAuthorRusconi, José MatiasAuthorAchinelly, Maria FernandaAuthorCamino, Nora BeatriztextPapéis Avulsos de Zoologia2017São Paulo2017-12-205737473480http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/0031-1049.2017.57.37journal article10.11606/0031-1049.2017.57.371807-02055757345Cephalobellus magalhaesi
(Schwenk, 1926)
DescriptionMorphologyFemale:5.5 to 6.4 mm
long by
270 to 315 µm
wide. Cuticle transversely striated up to the level of the oesophagus (
Figs. 2B and C
). Lips not salient. Buccal cavity about
7 µm
deep. Oesophagus
569 µm
long, consisting of an anterior cylindrical corpus,
432 µm
long by
46 µm
wide; an isthmus
36 µm
long; and a posterior valvular bulb
102 µm
in diameter. Intestine dilated anteriorly to form a cardia. Nerve ring
261 µm
from the anterior end of body. Excretory pore posterior to base of oesophagus,
774 µm
from the anterior extremity. Anus
270 µm
from posterior end of body; tail short, attenuated conical (
Fig. 2F
). Vulva just behind the middle of body (
Fig. 2D
). Ovaries lying in the opposite direction to their corresponding uteri and reflexed near their terminations; uteri divergent. Eggs ellipsoidal, almost spherical (
Fig. 2E
),
57 µm
long by
42 µm
wide.
MorphometryFemale
(n = 130): total length = 5862 ± 413.08 (5520-6456), cephalic diameter = 22.5 ± 5.19 (18-27), distance from anterior end to nerve ring = 261.4 ± 12.7 (252-270), width at level of nerve ring = 126 ± 12.7 (108-135), oesophagus length = 569.2 ± 11.3 (333-639), anterior distance to basal bulb = 469.3 ± 11.3 (458-485), distance from anterior end to excretory pore = 774 ± 7 (767-781), greatest width = 292.5 ± 21.4 (270-315), width at level of vulva = 272.2 ± 4.5 (270-279), vulval length = 29.2 ± 4.5 (27-36), vulval width = 11.2 ± 4.5 (9-18), V = 50.8% ± 3.4 (46.5%-55%), posterior end width = 195.7 ± 13.5 (189-216), tail length = 270 ± 5.7 (263-277), egg length = 57 ± 6.3 (54-63), egg width = 42 ± 6.3 (36-45).
TABLE 1:
Host range and isolation site of
Gryllophila
spp. from mole crickets (
Adamson & van Waerebeke, 1992
).
Nematode species
Author
Hosts
Location
G basiri
Parveen & Jairajpuri, 1981
Gryllotalpa africana
India
G cephalolobulata
Camino & Maiztegui, 2002
Neocurtilla claraziana
Argentina
G gryllotalpae
Farooqui, 1970
G africana
India
G nihali
Rizvi
et al.,
2002
G africana
India
Gryllophila skrjabini
Sergiev, 1923
Gryllotalpa
sp.
India
G africana
Madagascar; India
G europaeus
Spain
G gryllotalpa
Germany
G hexadactyla
Brazil
G septemdecimochromosomica
France
G vulgaris
Kazakhstan
Male:
not found.
Host:
nymphs and adults of the mole cricket
Neocurtilla claraziana
Saussure, 1874
.
Locality:
Gorina (
34°54’29”S
;
58°02’25”W
)
Site of infection:
hindgut (last part of intestine).
Prevalence:
33%.