Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-dh8gc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-05T13:30:54.434Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Demodex antechini sp.nov. (Acari, Demodicidae) parasitic on Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

W. B. Nutting  and
Gordon K. Sweatman
W. B. Nutting
Affiliation:
Zoology DepartmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, Mass., U.S.A.
Gordon K. Sweatman
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Health Schools of Medicine and Public HealthAmerican University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

The first marsupial demodicid, Demodex antechini, is described with notes on its life cycle, sexual dimorphism and pathology. This species is remarkably similar except for the marked sexual dimorphism, to demodicids of eutherian mammals. This suggests an early origin and a long evolutionary history of parallelism within the genus.

Our thanks to Patricia Woolley, Waite Agricultural Institute, Glen Osmond, Australia, for the specimens used in preparing this paper. We would also like to thank Clifford Desch for the photography and the drawings. The work reported here was supported in part by NSF Grant (GB-3516).

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , June 1970 , pp. 425 - 429
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Mayr, E. (1957). Evolutionary aspects of host specificity among parasites of vertebrates. I. Symposium Specificite Parasit. Parasites Vertebres: pp. 7–14.Google Scholar
Moss, W. W., Oliver, J. H. Jr & Nelson, B. C. (1968). Karyotypes and developmental stages of Harpyrhynchus novoplumaris sp.n. (Aeari: Cheylethoidea: Harpyrhynchidae) a parasite of North American birds. Journal of Parasitology 54, 377–92.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Nutting, W. B. (1964). Demodicidae—Status and Prognostics. Acarologia 6 (3), 441–54.Google Scholar
Nutting, W. B. & Beerman, H. (1965). Atypical giant cells in Antechinus stuartii due to demodicid mites. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 45, 504–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Nutting, W. B. & Woolley, P. (1965). Pathology in Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia) due to Demodex sp. Parasitology 55, 383–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Spickett, S. G. (1961). Studies on Demodex folliculorum Simon (1842). I. Life History. Parasitology 51, 181–92.CrossRefGoogle Scholar