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FIRST RECORD OF A MERMITHID WORM (NEMATODA, MEMITHIDAE) PARASITIZING A THIRD INSTAR NYMPH OF TRIATOMA SORDIDA (STÄL, 1859) (HEMIPTERA, REDUCIIDAE, TRIATOMINAE) FROM MATO GROSSO DO SUL, BRAZIL
Martins, Mirian Francisca et al. | Date Issued: 2020
Author
Martins, Mirian Francisca
Moraes, Sinara Cristina de
Cohen, Simone Chinicz
Cárdenas, Melissa Querido
Galvão, Cleber
Affilliation
Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Mato Grosso. Departamento de Vigilância Ambiental. Barra das Garças, MT, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Mato Grosso. Departamento de Vigilância Ambiental. Barra das Garças, MT, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório Naconal de Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
A juvenile specimen of a mermithid (Nematoda) was found parasitizing a third instar nymph of Triatoma sordida from Mato Grosso, Brazil. This is the first record of mermithid parasitism in a triatomine species. The Mermithidae represents a family of nematodes that are specialized insect parasites. Entomonematodes are one of the highly influential agents regulating the population dynamics of insects. This report introduces the opportunity to think about mermithids as a possible candidate for use as triatomine biological control.
Keywords in Portuguese
Mermithidae
Nematoda
Triatominae
Triatoma sordida
Brasil
Mato Grosso
Parasita
Novo registro de hospedeiro
Mermithidae
Nematoda
 
Keywords
Mermithidae
Nematoda
Triatominae
Triatoma sordida
New host record
Parasite
Mato Grosso State
Brazil
 
Publisher
Science Direct
Citation
MARTINS, Mirian Francisca et al. First record of mermithid worm (Nematoda, Mermithidae) parasitizing a third instar nymph of Triatoma sordida (Stäl, 1859) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) from Mato Grosso, Brazil. Zookeys, v. 980, p. 79-91, 2020.
DOI
10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104488
ISSN
1313-2989