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Zootaxa, Metazoan Parasites of Mexican Amphibians and Reptiles TERMS OF USE This pdf is provided by Magnolia Press for private/research use. Commercial sale or deposition in a public library or website is prohibited. ZOOTAXA 1904 Metazoan parasites of Mexican amphibians and reptiles RICARDO PAREDES-LEÓN, LUIS GARCÍA-PRIETO, CARMEN GUZMÁN-CORNEJO, VIRGINIA LEÓN-RÈGAGNON & TILA M. PÉREZ Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand TERMS OF USE This pdf is provided by Magnolia Press for private/research use. Commercial sale or deposition in a public library or website is prohibited. RICARDO PAREDES-LEÓN, LUIS GARCÍA-PRIETO, CARMEN GUZMÁN-CORNEJO, VIRGINIA LEÓN-RÈGAGNON & TILA M. PÉREZ Metazoan parasites of Mexican amphibians and reptiles (Zootaxa 1904) 166 pp.; 30 cm. 15 Oct. 2008 ISBN 978-1-86977-253-6 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-254-3 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2008 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ © 2008 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 1904 © 2008 Magnolia Press PAREDES-LEÓN ET AL. TERMS OF USE This pdf is provided by Magnolia Press for private/research use. Commercial sale or deposition in a public library or website is prohibited. Zootaxa 1904: 1–166 (2008) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2008 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Metazoan parasites of Mexican amphibians and reptiles RICARDO PAREDES-LEÓN1, LUIS GARCÍA-PRIETO2, CARMEN GUZMÁN-CORNEJO1, VIRGINIA LEÓN-RÈGAGNON2 & TILA M. PÉREZ1 1 Colección Nacional de Ácaros, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Avenida Universidad 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, C. P. 04510; Distrito Federal, México [email protected] 2 Colección Nacional de Helmintos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Avenida Universidad 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, C. P. 04510; Distrito Federal, México [email protected] Table of Contents Abstract . 3 Introduction . 4 Materials and Methods . 4 Results . 6 Parasite-Host list . 6 Platyhelminthes Gegenbaur . 6 Trematoda Rudolphi . 6 Monogenoidea Bychowsky. 29 Cestoidea Rudolphi. 31 Acanthocephala (Rudolphi) . 36 Nematoda Rudolphi . 38 Annelida Lamarck. 69 Hirudinea Lamarck . 69 Arthropoda Latreille . 70 Acari Leach. 70 Crustacea Brünnich. 85 Host-Parasite list . 86 Amphibia Gray . 86 Reptilia Linnaeus . 97 Discussion . 119 Acknowledgements . 120 Literature cited. 121 Locality index . 140 Taxonomic index . 155 Abstract Based on published records and original data, we present a checklist of metazoan parasites of Mexican amphibians and reptiles. This checklist includes information for 430 nominal taxa of metazoan parasites, 371 helminths (137 trematodes, 10 monogeneans, 29 cestodes, 14 acanthocephalans, 173 nematodes, and 8 hirudineans), 51 acari and 8 crustaceans. We add 184 new locality records to Acari. These data represent the current knowledge on metazoan parasites of 68 amphibi- ans and 219 reptile species of Mexico. Key words: Mexico, amphibians, reptiles, parasites, helminths, Acari Accepted by H. Klompen: 16 Jun. 2008; published: 15 Oct. 2008 3 TERMS OF USE This pdf is provided by Magnolia Press for private/research use. Commercial sale or deposition in a public library or website is prohibited. Introduction Parasitism is common in nature, and has arisen many times in the evolutionary history of different groups. For example, metazoan parasites of amphibians and reptiles are distributed in five phyla: Platyhelminthes (Trema- toda, Monogenoidea and Cestoidea), Acanthocephala, Nematoda, Annelida (Hirudinea), and Arthropoda (Acari and Crustacea). Although Mexico has a large number of amphibian and reptiles, occupying the second place in global rep- tilian diversity (804 species), and the fourth in amphibians (361) (Flores-Villela & Canseco-Márquez, 2004), the knowledge about their metazoan parasite fauna is still far from complete. The majority of studies about parasites are isolated records included in descriptions of new species (e.g. Bravo-Hollis, 1943c; Caballero, 1944a; Hoffmann, 1965), general catalogues (Lamothe-Argumedo et al., 1997) and checklists (e.g. Hoffmann, 1969; Hoffmann & López-Campos, 2000). This information is scattered because it has been published in dif- ferent kinds of sources, from specialized to local journals as well as theses, with limited distribution. The main goal of the present study is to provide a comprehensive compilation of information on the metazoan parasites that inhabit the amphibians and reptiles of Mexico. To do so, we compiled all existing records, made taxo- nomic changes and synthesized locality data. This information will greatly aid taxonomist working on para- sites of Mexico by providing a much needed update on taxonomic status, distribution, and host records. Materials and Methods The information used to create this checklist is updated until April, 2008, and comes from two different sources: 1) retrospective bibliographical search, using different databases such as CAB Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, and Zoological Record; 2) Search in the data bases of national [Colección Nacional de Helmintos (CNHE), and Colección Nacional de Ácaros (CNAC), Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico] and international [Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology (HWML), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, U.S.A., United States National Parasite Collection (USNPC), Beltsville, Maryland, U.S.A.] parasite collec- tions. The checklist is divided in two sections; the first includes a parasite-host list, presented in phylogenetic order starting with the phylum Platyhelminthes (Trematoda, Monogenoidea and Cestoidea), and followed by the phyla Acanthocephala, Nematoda, Annelida (Hirudinea) and Arthropoda (Acari and Crustacea). Each phylum contains families, genera, and species in alphabetical order. The nomenclature and classification for each metazoan group is based on the following references: Trematoda (Yamaguti, 1971; Jones et al., 2002; Gibson et al., 2005), Monogenoidea (Boeger & Kritsky, 1993), Cestoidea (Khalil et al., 1994), Acanthoceph- ala (Amin, 1985), Nematoda (Anderson et al., 1974-1983), Hirudinea (Sawyer, 1986; Davies, 1991), Acari (Evans, 1992), Crustacea including Pentastomida (Martin & Davis, 2001). Information for each species includes species name, authority, host group, developmental stage of parasite in parentheses (A = adult, C = cistacanth, L = larva, N = nymph and M = metacercariae), and finally habitat. We use “NA” when some data are not availables in the original source. Then we present species distribution, referring state of the Mexican Republic (in caps) and locality name, followed by host species and references. For specimens deposited in a collection, acronyms are as follows: AMNH: American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States. BM(NH): The Natural History Museum (formerly British Museum (Natural History)), London, United Kingdom. CHCM: Colección Helmintológica, CINVESTAV, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. CNAC: Colección Nacional de Ácaros, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, México City, México 4 · Zootaxa 1904 © 2008 Magnolia Press PAREDES-LEÓN ET AL. TERMS OF USE This pdf is provided by Magnolia Press for private/research use. Commercial sale or deposition in a public library or website is prohibited. (includes the A. Hoffmann Collection). CNHE: Colección Nacional de Helmintos, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Mexico City, México CPMHN-UABCS: Colección Parasitológica del Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. CSULB: Chigger Research Collection at California State University, Long Beach, California, United States. FMNH: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, United States. HPC: Allan Hancock Parasitological Collection, now in Natural History Museum of Los Ange- les County, Los Angeles, United States. HWML: Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. IMR: Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. IPASCR: Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Cèske Budejovice, Czech Republic. IRSNB: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (Include the Alex Fain Collection). MNHNP: Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle Paris, France. N: Collection George H. F. Nuttall (Specimens from this collection are now in BM(NH)). OSAL: Ohio State Acarology Laboratory, Columbus, Ohio, United States. PENN: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States. RML: Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana. (Specimens from this collection are now in the USNTC). SIUC: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States. UMMZ: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. USDA: United States Department of Agriculture, Washington DC, United Sates. USNCC: United States National Chigger Collection, Acarology Laboratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii. USNM: United States National Museum, Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
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