Natural hosts of the larvae of Nuttalliella sp. (N. namaqua?) (Acari: Nuttalliellidae)
Date
2012-02-02
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AOSIS Publishing
Abstract
The first collection of unengorged and fully engorged larvae of Nuttalliella sp. (N. namaqua?) from the murid rodents Micaelamys namaquensis, Aethomys chrysophilus and Acomys spinosissimus in Limpopo Province and from M. namaquensis in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, is documented. A total of nine larvae were collected from two M. namaquensis in the Soutpansberg mountain range in the Limpopo Province during April 2009. During the last week of September 2011, 221 larvae were collected from rodents at the same locality and 10 of 48 M. namaquensis, 6 of 12 Ae. chrysophilus and 3 of 14 Ac. spinosissimus were infested. One of the M. namaquensis harboured 53 larvae. Five larvae were collected from two M. namaquensis in the Northern Cape Province. Total genomic DNA was extracted from two larvae and a region of the 18S rRNA gene was sequenced for these. BLASTn searches revealed similarity between these specimens and the Nuttalliella sequences published on GenBank. © 2012. The Authors.
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CITATION: Horak, I. G. et al. 2012. Natural hosts of the larvae of Nuttalliella sp. (N. namaqua?) (Acari: Nuttalliellidae). Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 79(1),
Art. #405, doi:10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.405.
The original publication is available at http://www.ojvr.org
The original publication is available at http://www.ojvr.org
Keywords
Nuttalliella sp., Larvae, Rodents
Citation
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Horak, I. G. et al. 2012. Natural hosts of the larvae of Nuttalliella sp. (N. namaqua?) (Acari: Nuttalliellidae). Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 79(1), Art. #405, doi:10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.405.
Horak, I. G. et al. 2012. Natural hosts of the larvae of Nuttalliella sp. (N. namaqua?) (Acari: Nuttalliellidae). Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 79(1), Art. #405, doi:10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.405.