Nematode parasites of Brazilian pelecaniformes and trogoniformes birds: a general survey with new records for the species

Vicente, J. Júlio; Pinto, R. Magalhães; Noronha, Dely; Carvalho, Patrícia Goulart de

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000400011

Abstract

This report deals with the identification of one hundred and seventy-one samples of nematodes recovered from Brazilian birds collected by Lauro Travassos and his staff, between 1921-1960. Aprocta travassossi Caballero, 1938, Aprocta sp., Baruscapillaria appendiculata (Freitas, 1933) Moravec, 1982, Contracaecum plagiaticium Lent & Freitas, 1948, C. spiculigerum (Rudolphi, 1809) Railliet & Henry, 1912, Contracaecum sp., Cyrnea (C.) semilunaris (Molin, 1860) Seurat, 1914, Oxyspirura sp., Paronchocerca ibanezi (Freitas, Vicente & Pinto, 1970) Anderson &. Bain, 1976, Porrocaecum sp., Procyrnea sp., Skrjabinura spiralis Gnédina, 1933, Subulura acutissima Molin, 1860, S. bentocruzi Barreto, 1919, S. travassossi Barreto, 1919, Subulura sp. and Tetrameres sp. were studied. Contracaecum spiculigerum and Aprocta travassossi are redescribed and referred for the first time in South America. New host records were established for most of the species.

Nematodes; Pelecaniformes; Trogoniformes; birds; Brazil

Nematode parasites of Brazilian pelecaniformes and trogoniformes birds: a general survey with new records for the species

J. Júlio Vicente^I,II; R. Magalhães Pinto^I,II; Dely Noronha^I; Patrícia Goulart de Carvalho^III

^ILaboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Vertebrados, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Avenida Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

^IICNPq research fellows

^IIIPAP'S/IOC scholarship holder

ABSTRACT

This report deals with the identification of one hundred and seventy-one samples of nematodes recovered from Brazilian birds collected by Lauro Travassos and his staff, between 1921-1960. Aprocta travassossi Caballero, 1938, Aprocta sp., Baruscapillaria appendiculata (Freitas, 1933) Moravec, 1982, Contracaecum plagiaticium Lent & Freitas, 1948, C. spiculigerum (Rudolphi, 1809) Railliet & Henry, 1912, Contracaecum sp., Cyrnea (C.) semilunaris (Molin, 1860) Seurat, 1914, Oxyspirura sp., Paronchocerca ibanezi (Freitas, Vicente & Pinto, 1970) Anderson &. Bain, 1976, Porrocaecum sp., Procyrnea sp., Skrjabinura spiralis Gnédina, 1933, Subulura acutissima Molin, 1860, S. bentocruzi Barreto, 1919, S. travassossi Barreto, 1919, Subulura sp. and Tetrameres sp. were studied. Contracaecum spiculigerum and Aprocta travassossi are redescribed and referred for the first time in South America. New host records were established for most of the species.

Key words: Nematodes, Pelecaniformes, Trogoniformes, birds, Brazil

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______. 1982. Keys to the genera of the superfamilies Rhabditoidea, Dioctophymatoidea, Trichinelloidea and Muspiceoidea, p. 1-26. In: A.C. Anderson, A.G. Chabaud & S. Willmott (Eds). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. England, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal Bucks, Part 9.
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Caballero, E.C. 1938. Contribución al conocimiento de los nematodos de las aves de México. V. Liv. Jub. Prof. Lauro Travassos, p. 91-97.
Chabaud, A.G. 1975a. Keys to the genera of the order Spirurida. Camallanoidea, Dracunculoidea, Gnathostomatoidea, Physalopteroidea, Rictularioidea and Thelazioidea, p. 1-27. In: R.C. Anderson, A.G. Chabaud & S. Willmott (Eds). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates 3. England, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal Bucks, part 1.
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Pinto, R.M. & J.J. Vicente. 1995. Tetrameres (Tetrameres) spirospiculum n. sp. (Nematoda, Tetrameridae) from the buff-necked ibis, Theristicus caudatus caudatus (Boddaert) (Aves, Threskiornitidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 90:615-617.
Pinto, R.M.; J.J. Vicente & D. Noronha. 1993. Nematode parasites of Brazilian psittacid birds, with emphasis on the genus Pelecitus Railliet & Henry, 1910. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 88:279-284.
______. 1994. Nematode parasites of Brasilian acciptrid and falconid birds (Falconiformes). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 89:359-362.
Pinto, R.M.; J.J. Vicente; D. Noronha & S.P. Fábio. 1991. New records for the nematodes Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin) Travassos, Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas & Proença and Aproctella stoddardi Cram in Brazilian birds, with redescription of the species. Revta bras. Zool. 8:1-6.
Sick, H. 1984. Ornitologia brasileira, uma introdução. Brasília, Universidade de Brasília, 474p.
Vicente, J.J.; H.O. Rodrigues; D.C. Gomes & R. Magalhães Pinto. 1995a. Nematóides do Brasil. Parte IV: Nematóides de aves. Revta bras. Zool. 12 (Supl. 1):1-273.
Vicente, J.J.; R. Magalhães Pinto & D. Noronha. 1993. Remarks on six species of heterakid nematodes parasites of Brazilian tinamid birds with a description of a new species. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 88:271-278.
Vicente, J.J.; R. Magalhães Pinto; D. Noronha & L. Gonçalves. 1995b. Nematode parasites of Brazilian Ciconiiformes birds: a general survey with new records for the species. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 90:389-393.

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[1] Anderson, R.C. 1958. Méthode pour lxamen des nématodes en vue apicale. Ann. Par. hum. comp. 33:171-172.

[2] Anderson, R.C. & O. Bain. 1976. Keys to the genera of the order Spirurida. Diplotriaenoidea, Aproctoidea and Filarioidea, p. 59-116. In: R.C. Anderson, A.G. Chabaud & S. Willmott (Eds). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates 3. England, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal Bucks, part 3.

[3] ______. 1982. Keys to the genera of the superfamilies Rhabditoidea, Dioctophymatoidea, Trichinelloidea and Muspiceoidea, p. 1-26. In: A.C. Anderson, A.G. Chabaud & S. Willmott (Eds). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. England, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal Bucks, Part 9.

[4] Barreto, A.L.B.B. 1919. Revisão da subfamília Subulurinae Travassos, 1914. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 11:1-70.

[5] Caballero, E.C. 1938. Contribución al conocimiento de los nematodos de las aves de México. V. Liv. Jub. Prof. Lauro Travassos, p. 91-97.

[6] Chabaud, A.G. 1975a. Keys to the genera of the order Spirurida. Camallanoidea, Dracunculoidea, Gnathostomatoidea, Physalopteroidea, Rictularioidea and Thelazioidea, p. 1-27. In: R.C. Anderson, A.G. Chabaud & S. Willmott (Eds). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates 3. England, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal Bucks, part 1.

[7] ______. 1975b. Keys to the genera of the order Spirurida. Spiruroidea, Habronematoidea and Acuarioidea, p. 29-58. In: R.C. Anderson, A.G. Chabaud & S. Willmott (Eds). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates 3. England, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal Bucks, part 2.

[8] ______. 1978. Keys to the genera of the superfamilies Cosmocercoidea, Heterakoidea and Subuluroidea, p. 1-71. In: Anderson, Chabaud & Willmott (Eds). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates 6. England, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal Bucks.

[9] Freitas, J.F.T. 1933. Nouvelles espèces du genre Capillaria Zeder, 1808. C.r. Soc. Biol. Paris 114:1195-1196.

[10] Freitas, J.F.T.; J.J. Vicente & R. Magalhães Pinto. 1970. Sobre uma filária prodelfa parasita de ave (Nematoda, Filarioidea). Atas Soc. Biol. Rio de Janeiro 12 (supl.):39-42.

[11] Frisch, J.D. 1981. Aves brasileiras 1. Dalgas-Ecoltec Ecologia Técnica, São Paulo, 353p.

[12] Hartwich, G. 1974. Keys to the genera of the Ascaridoidea, p. 1 -27. In: Anderson, Chabaud & Willmott (Eds). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates 2. England, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal Bucks.

[13] Mosgovoy, A.A. 1953. Ascaridata dos animais e do homem e doenças causadas por eles. Pt. II, p. 1-616. In: K.I. Skrjabin (Ed.). Princípios de nematodologia. 2. Moscou, Akad. Nauk. SSSR.

[14] Pinto, O.M.O. 1978. Novo catálogo de aves do Brasil 1. São Paulo, Empresa Gráfica da Revista dos Tribunais, 446p.

[15] Pinto, R.M. & D.C. Gomes. 1985. Nematodes of Amazonian birds, with a description of Hoazinstrongylus amazonensis n. gen. n. sp.. (Trichostrongylidae, Libyostrongylinae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 80:213-217.

[16] Pinto, R.M. & J.J. Vicente. 1995. Tetrameres (Tetrameres) spirospiculum n. sp. (Nematoda, Tetrameridae) from the buff-necked ibis, Theristicus caudatus caudatus (Boddaert) (Aves, Threskiornitidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 90:615-617.

[17] Pinto, R.M.; J.J. Vicente & D. Noronha. 1993. Nematode parasites of Brazilian psittacid birds, with emphasis on the genus Pelecitus Railliet & Henry, 1910. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 88:279-284.

[18] ______. 1994. Nematode parasites of Brasilian acciptrid and falconid birds (Falconiformes). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 89:359-362.

[19] Pinto, R.M.; J.J. Vicente; D. Noronha & S.P. Fábio. 1991. New records for the nematodes Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin) Travassos, Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas & Proença and Aproctella stoddardi Cram in Brazilian birds, with redescription of the species. Revta bras. Zool. 8:1-6.

[20] Sick, H. 1984. Ornitologia brasileira, uma introdução. Brasília, Universidade de Brasília, 474p.

[21] Vicente, J.J.; H.O. Rodrigues; D.C. Gomes & R. Magalhães Pinto. 1995a. Nematóides do Brasil. Parte IV: Nematóides de aves. Revta bras. Zool. 12 (Supl. 1):1-273.

[22] Vicente, J.J.; R. Magalhães Pinto & D. Noronha. 1993. Remarks on six species of heterakid nematodes parasites of Brazilian tinamid birds with a description of a new species. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 88:271-278.

[23] Vicente, J.J.; R. Magalhães Pinto; D. Noronha & L. Gonçalves. 1995b. Nematode parasites of Brazilian Ciconiiformes birds: a general survey with new records for the species. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 90:389-393.