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Sexual mosaics and mermithid parasitism in Austrosimulium bancrofti (Tayl.) (Diptera, Simuliidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. M. Hunter  and
D. E. Moorhouse
D. M. Hunter
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4067, Queensland, Australia
D. E. Moorhouse
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4067, Queensland, Australia
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Abstract

One gynandromorph and six intersexes of Austrosimulium bancrofti (Tayl.) are described from specimens caught in Queensland. All of the intersexes, as well as some normal flies, were infected with mermithid larvae. The infected flies rest preferentially on trees near the river's edge which would facilitate deposition of mermithids in the river. Except for a few with mature eggs, infected females had little internal abdominal structure, and most lacked ovaries.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , February 1976 , pp. 549 - 553
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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