This study examines potential arthropod intermediate hosts for the nematode Abbreviata antarctica. Five species of arthropod (tropical native cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus; native roach Drymoplaneta communis; native termite Nasutitermes exitiosus; and 2 introduced species, the East African roach Naupheta cinerea and the Asian cricket Acheta domesticus) were fed feces from a skink, Tiliqua rugosa, containing embryonated eggs of A. antarctica. The insects were dissected at 4 intervals (1 day, 4 days, 8–16 days, and 25–26 days). Viable third-stage larvae were recovered from cysts on the external wall of the midgut and hindgut of 62.5% nymphal and adult T. oceanicus crickets at 25–26 days post-infection and from a single nymphal A. domesticus cricket. No roaches contained eggs or first-stage larvae after 48 hr, and neither eggs nor larvae were found in termites.
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1 August 2013
Arthropod Intermediate Hosts of Abbreviata antarctica (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) in Australia
C. King,
H. I. Jones,
Chin Yen Tay
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Journal of Parasitology
Vol. 99 • No. 4
August 2013
Vol. 99 • No. 4
August 2013