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J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 65(1), 1998 pp. 114-116 Research Note Gastrointestinal Helminths of Some Yellow-shafted Flickers, Colaptes auratus luteus (Aves: Picidae), from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania DAVID P. BOLETTE University of Pittsburgh, Laboratory Animal Resources, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261 (e-mail: [email protected]) ABSTRACT: Five yellow-shafted flickers, Colaptes au- balsam. Nematodes were preserved in 10% buf- ratus luteus, from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, fered formalin and studied as temporary glycerin were examined for gastrointestinal helminths. The wet mounts after clearing by the ethyl alcohol nematodes Capillaria tridens and Dispharynx nasuta and glycerin evaporation technique. are recorded in this host species for the first time, and All 5 birds harbored gastrointestinal helminths new egg measurements are given for C. tridens. The acanthocephalan Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) and were infected with one or more of the fol- cylindraceus and an unidentifiable cestode were also lowing species: Capillaria tridens (Dujardin, found. 1845) (Nematoda: Capillarinae); Dispharynx na- KEY WORDS: Yellow-shafted flicker, Colaptes au- suta (Rudin, 1819) (Nematoda: Acuariidae); ratus luteus, Capillaria tridens, Dispharynx nasuta, Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) cylindraceus Nematoda, Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) cylin- (Goeze, 1782) Schmidt and Kuntz, 1966 (Acan- draceus, Acanthocephala. thocephala: Plagiorhynchidae); and 1 species of unidentifiable cestode (Cyclophyllidea: Davai- The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, is an neidae). Voucher helminth specimens are depos- insectivorous bird that is somewhat abundant ited in the United States National Parasite Col- throughout its range, including Allegheny Coun- lection, Biosystematic Parasitology Laboratory ty, Pennsylvania. Yet, despite this abundance, (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, there is a paucity of information concerning hel- Maryland): Capillaria tridens (USNPC # minth infections in this species (Table 1), as well 87117); Dispharynx nasuta (USNPC #'s 87118, as in many other piciforms occurring in North 87119); Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) cy- America. lindraceus (USNPC # 87120); unidentified ces- The opportunity to examine 5 yellow-shafted tode (USNPC #87121). flickers, Colaptes auratus luteus, Bangs 1898 Capillaria tridens occurred in the proximal became available when they were presented to half of the small intestine of 2 birds with an a local wildlife rehabilitator and subsequently intensity of 24 and 73 specimens, and represents died of unknown causes. Five adults (4 male, 1 a new host and locality record. This report doc- female) were collected from July 1995 through uments C. tridens in Pennsylvania for the first November 1996 in Allegheny County time and represents the sixth report of C. tridens (40.46895°N, 079.98119°W), Pennsylvania, and in North America. This is only the third species frozen at — 20°C until examined for gastrointes- of Capillaria shown to infect C. auratus. Cap- tinal helminths. Postmortem intervals were 1 wk illaria tridens has previously been reported by for 3 specimens and 1 and 3 mo for the remain- Durbin (1952) as Capillaria pirangae in the ing birds. Voucher specimens of C. a. luteus are scarlet tanager, Piranga erythromelas, from deposited in the Carnegie Museum of Natural Maryland; in the eastern towhee, Pipilo erythro- History, Section of Birds (Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- phthalmus erythrophthalmus, from Manitoba vania); #'s T- 20594 through T-20596. (Hodasi, 1963); in the brown-headed cowbird, Cestode and acanthocephalan specimens were Molothrus ater ater, from Ohio (Cooper et al., initially preserved in 10% buffered formalin and 1973); in the wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, AFA fixative, respectively; then, they were from the southeast (Davidson et al., 1975); and transferred to 70% ethyl alcohol, stained in bo- Read (1949) reported males of the species in the rax- carmine or Mayer's hematoxylin, dehydrat- red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus from ed, cleared in xylene, and mounted in Canada Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. The capillarids in this 114 Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington RESEARCH NOTES 115 Table 1. Helminths reported from Colaptes auratus in North America. Species Host Geographical locality Reference Trematoda Posthodiplostomum m in im us C. auratus Experimental Palmieri, 1973 (MacCallum, 1921) Dubois, 1936 Cestoda Liga punctate! ( Weinland, 1 856) C. auratus Bowie, Maryland Ransom, 1909 Weinland, 1857; as synonyms C. a. borealis Manitoba, Canada Hodasi, 1963 Liga brasiliensis and Fuhrmannia brasiliensis Raillietina (Paroniella) rhynchota C. auratus Nebraska, Iowa, and Maryland Ransom, 1909 (Ransom, 1909) Fuhrmann, 1920 Raillietina (Raillietina) coinitata C. auratus Nebraska, Iowa, and Maryland Ransom, 1909 (Ransom, 1909) Fuhrmann, 1920 Unidentified ceslode C. a. luteus Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania This report (Davaineidae) Nematoda Capillaria longistriata Walton, C. a. luteus Monticello, Illinois Walton, 1923 1923 Capillaria tridens (Dujardin, C. a. luteus Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania This report 1845) Capillaria vcnusta (Freitas et C. a. chrysocaulosus Baracoa, Soroa, and La Quira, Barus, 1971 Mendoca, 1958); as synonym Cuba Thoininx venusta Diplotriaena amcricana Walton, C. auratus United States Walton, 1927 1927 Diplotriaena sp. Railliet et C. a. cafer Eugene, Oregon Gullion, 1949 Henry, 1909 Disphaiynx nasuta (Rudin, 1819) C. a. luteus Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania This report Habranema colaptes Walton, C. a. luteus Monticello, Illinois Walton, 1923 1923 Acanthocephala Experimental Nickol, 1977 Nickol, 1969 Mediorhynchus robustus C. a luteus Illinois Van Cleave, 1947 Van Cleave, 1916 Mediorhynchus sp. Van Cleave, C. a. cafer Eugene, Oregon Gullion, 1949 1916 Plagiorhynckus (Prosthorhyn- C. auratus Bowie, Maryland Van Cleave, 1918 chus) cylindraceus (Goeze, C. a. cafer Not specified Schmidt and Olsen, 1964 1782) Schmidt and Kunt/,, 1966; C. a. cafer Washington Schmidt and Neiland, 1966 as synonym Prosthorhynchus C. a. luteus Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania This report formosus study concur with the description of C. tridens that harbored 12 and 27 specimens and is re- provided by Okulewicz (1991 (1992)) collected ported in C. auratus for the first time. This spe- from the great tit, Parus major, in Poland. How- cies has been documented numerous times, pri- ever, the eggs from the present specimens have marily in a variety of colubriform, galliform, a greater range in size than described for the and passeriform birds (Goble and Kutz, 1945; species by Okulewicz (1991 (1992)). Measure- Martinez-Moreno et al., 1989 (1990); Silva et ments of 48 eggs from gravid C. tridens col- al., 1990), but it has also been reported in the lected from C. auratus are 55-70 jxm (mean piciforms (Barus, 1971). 64.1) long by 22.5-30 \vm (mean 28.1) wide. Plagiorhynchus (P.) cylindraceus was found The acuariid nematode D. nasuta was col- in 2 of the birds examined and constitutes a new lected from the proventricular mucosa of 2 birds locality record for the species. Intensity of in- Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington 116 JOURNAL OF THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, 65(1), JANUARY 1998 fection was 1 and 7 specimens. This plagiorhyn- Gullion, G. W. 1949. A heavily parasitized flicker. Condor 51:232. chid has been formerly documented in C. au- Hodasi, J. K. M. 1963. Helminths from Manitoba ratus as its synonym Plagiorhynchus forrnosus birds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 41:1227- (Van Cleave, 1918; Schmidt and Olsen, 1964; 1231. Schmidt and Neiland, 1966). An unidentifiable Martinez-Moreno, F. J., A. Martinez-Moreno, C. Becerra- Martell, and M. S. Martinez-Cruz. cestode species (Davaineidae) occurred in 3 1989 (1990). Parasitofauna of pigeon (Columba birds with an intensity of 2-21 (mean 8.7) spec- livia) in the province of Cordoba (Spain). Revista imens per host. A specific genus or species Iberica de Parasitologia 49:279-282. could not be determined because adequate stain- Nickol, B. B. 1977. Life history and host specificity of Mediorhynchus centurorum Nickol 1969 ing could not be obtained. This may be attrib- (Acanthocephala: Gigantorhynchidae). Journal of uted to the specimens being previously frozen Parasitology 63:104-1 11. within the host. However, they likely represent Okulewicz, A. 1991 (1992). Pasozytnicze nicienie si- a species of Raillietina, based on minimal as- kor (Paridae) W Polsce. Wiadomosci Parazytolo- giczne 37:491- 498. certainable features. Palmieri, J. R. 1973. Additional natural and experi- mental hosts and intraspecific variation in Postho- Acknowledgments diplostomum minimum (Trematoda: Diplostoma- tidae). Journal of Parasitology 59:744-746. The author would like to thank Lois Sakolsky Ransom, B. H. 1909. The taenioid cestodes of North (Flying Mammal Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, American birds. Bulletin of the United States Na- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) for providing C. a. lu- tional Museum 69:1-141. Read, C. P. 1949. Studies on North American hel- teus specimens and Robin Panza (Carnegie Mu- minths of the genus Capillaria Zeder, 1800 (Nem- seum of Natural History, Section of Birds, Pitts- atoda): III. Capillarids from the lower digestive burgh, Pennsylvania) for confirmation of host tract of North American birds. Journal of Parasi- species identification. tology 35:240-249. Schmidt, G. D., and K. A. Neiland. 1966. New host and distribution records of Acanthocephala from Literature Cited North American birds. Bulletin
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    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of 4-1969 Acanthocephala of Louisiana Picidae with Description of a New Species of Mediorhynchus Brent B. Nickol University of Nebraska - Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs Part of the Parasitology Commons Nickol, Brent B., "Acanthocephala of Louisiana Picidae with Description of a New Species of Mediorhynchus" (1969). Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology. 358. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/358 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. THE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY Vol. 55, No.2, April 1969, p. 324-328 ACANTHOCEPHALA OF LOUISIANA PICIDAE WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF MEDIORHYNCHUS* Brent B. Nickol Deportment of Zoology, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 ABSTRACT: One hundred eighty-three woodpeckers of eight species collected in Louisiana were exam­ ined for Acanthocephala. Only the red-bellied woodpecker, Centurus carolinus, was infected. One of 53 was parasitized by an irrunature specimen of Mediorhynchus grandis; three by Centrorhynchus spinosus; 12 by Mediorhynchus centurorum sp. n. The new species of Mediorhynchus is distinguished by a trunk which is very narrow in the anterior 3 mm, but is suddenly expanded farther posteriad.
  • Some Internal and External Parasites of the Redwinged Blackbird

    Some Internal and External Parasites of the Redwinged Blackbird

    THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE VOL. 65 MARCH, 1965 No. 2 SOME INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARASITES OF THE REDWINGED BLACKBIRD, AGELAIUS PHOENTCEUS PHOENICEUS L., FROM CENTRAL OHIO; INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW FEATHER MITES1- 2 GERHARD R. SPORY Department of Zoology and Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus 103 ABSTRACT From sixty-one redwinged blackbirds that were collected and examined between 1962 and 1963, eighteen species of parasites were recovered. Seven species of parasites represent new host records. These are: the trematode Conspicuum icteridorum; the feather mites Strelkoviacarus critesi sp. n., Mesalges johnstoni sp. n., Proctophyllodes egglestoni sp. n., Dermoglyphus sp.; the nasal mite Speleognathus sp.; and the mallophagan Machaerilaemus laticorpus. Cited is a table containing previous published and unpublished records of parasites taken from redwinged blackbirds. During the summer and autumn of 1962 and spring of 1963 a study was made of the internal and external parasites of the redwinged blackbird, Agelaius p. phoeniceus, from central Ohio. Sixty-one birds were collected from The Ohio State University farm pond area in Franklin County, Ohio, and the Delaware Reservoir Wildlife Area, Delaware County, Ohio. The procedure used in capturing redwings and collecting their parasites can be found in my Master's thesis (Spory, 1963). The following list presents the parasites found in this study, including descrip- tions for three new feather mites. Acanthocephala Order Archiacanthocephala Family Gigantorhynchus Mediorhynchus grandis Van Cleave, 1916. A single worm was found in the intestine of each of two birds of the 61 examined. Other hosts for this parasite have been reported by Van Cleave (1947).