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Nematodes from Swainson's spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii and an Orange River francolin Scleroptila levaillantoides in Free State Province, South Africa, with a description of Tetrameres swainsonii n. sp. (Nematoda: Tetrameridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

K. Junker ,
O.R. Davies ,
R. Jansen ,
T.M. Crowe  and
J. Boomker
K. Junker
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110South Africa
O.R. Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Birds at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701South Africa
R. Jansen
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 0001South Africa
T.M. Crowe
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Birds at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701South Africa
J. Boomker*
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110South Africa
*
*Fax: +27 12 529 8312 E-mail: joop.boomker@up.ac.za
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Abstract

Five Swainson's spurfowl collected in Free State Province, South Africa, were examined for helminth parasites, and the nematodes Acuaria gruveli, Cyrnea parroti, Gongylonema congolense, Subulura dentigera, Subulura suctoria and a new Tetrameres species were recovered. Their respective prevalence was 100, 20, 80, 20, 20 and 20%. These nematodes are all new parasite records for Swainson's spurfowl, and Acuaria gruveli constitutes a new geographical record as well. A single specimen of Cyrnea eurycerca was found in an Orange River francolin, representing a new host and geographical record for this parasite. The new species, for which the name Tetrameres swainsonii is proposed, can be differentiated from its congeners by a combination of the following characters of males: two rows of body spines, a single spicule which is 1152–1392 μm long, and eight pairs of caudal spines arranged in two ventral and two lateral rows of four spines each. The single female has the globular shape typical of the genus.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 82 , Issue 4 , December 2008 , pp. 365 - 371
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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