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Rhabdias ranae Walton 1929

Description

Rhabdias ranae Walton, 1929

Site of infection: lungs.

Recruitment: vector.

Prevalence, mean intensity and range: 25.9%, 2.28, 1-4.

Specimens deposited: CNHE: 6947.

Distribution: USA: Arizona (Goldberg et al., 1998); Louisina (USNPC); North Carolina (Brandt 1936); Ohio (Ashton & Rabalais 1978; Bursey & DeWolf 1998); Oklahoma (Morrison 1967); Texas (Harwood 1932; Hollis 1972; Mayberry et al. 2000); Virginia (Campbell 1968).

Specimens in collections: USNPC: 84812.

Remarks: In accordance with Kuzmin et al. (2003), this species is restricted to North American frogs; however, it is more common in hosts from northern United States and Canada.

Notes

Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2010, Five new species of Anthocoptini from China (Acari: Eriophyidae), pp. 1-53 in Zootaxa 2544 on page 36, DOI: 10.15468/um2vzb, http://zenodo.org/record/5303209

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Nematoda
Order
Rhabditida
Family
Rhabdiasidae
Genus
Rhabdias
Species
ranae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhabdias ranae Walton, 1929 sec. Xue, Song & Hong, 2010

References

  • Walton, A. C. (1929) Studies on some nematodes of North American frogs. Journal of Parasitology, 15, 227 - 240.
  • Goldberg, S. R., Bursey, C. R. & Cheam, H. (1998) Helminths of two native frog species (Rana chiricahuensis, Rana yavapaiensis) and one introduced frog species (Rana catesbeiana) (Ranidae) from Arizona. Journal of Parasitology, 84, 175 - 177.
  • Brandt, B. B. (1936) Parasites of certain North Carolina Salientia. Ecological Monographs, 6, 491 - 532.
  • Ashton, A. D. & Rabalais, F. C. (1978) Helminth parasites of some anurans of Northwestern Ohio. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 45, 141 - 142.
  • Bursey, C. R. & DeWolf, W. F. II. (1998) Helminths of the frogs, Rana catesbeiana, Rana clamitans, and Rana palustris, from Coshocton County, Ohio. Ohio Journal of Science, 98: 28 - 29.
  • Morrison, E. O. (1967) Rhabdias ranae infections in three species of Oklahoma Anura. Southwestern Naturalist, 12, 335 - 336.
  • Harwood, P. D. (1932) The helminths parasitic in the Amphibia and Reptilia of Houston, Texas and vicinity. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 81, 1 - 71.
  • Hollis, P. D. (1972) A survey of parasites of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana Shaw, in Central East Texas. Southwestern Naturalist, 17, 198 - 200.
  • Mayberry, L. F., Canaris, A. G., Bristol, J. R. & Gardner, S. L. (2000) Bibliography of parasites and vertebrate hosts in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas (1893 - 1984). Electronic publication of the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraka, 100 pp.
  • Campbell, R. A. (1968) A comparative study of the parasites of certain Salientia from Pocahontas State Park, Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science, 19, 13 - 20.
  • Kuzmin, Y., Tkach, V. V. & Snyder, S. D. (2003) The nematode genus Rhabdias (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from amphibians and reptiles of the Nearctic. Comparative Parasitology, 70, 101 - 114.