A second record of adult Ascarops strongylina (Rudolphi, 1819) (Nematoda: Spirocercidae) in a rodent host

J Parasitol. 1999 Apr;85(2):283-5.

Abstract

Mature adults of Ascarops strongylina (Nematoda: Spirocercidae) were collected from a Manchurian zokor, Myospalax psilurus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), in Mongolia. This is the second record of adult A. strongylina from wild rodents and the first for M. psilurus as a definitive host of this nematode. Remnants of ground crustaceans (Porcellio sp.) and a dung beetle (Onthophagus sp.) were also found in the stomach of the zokor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arvicolinae / parasitology*
  • China
  • Coleoptera / parasitology
  • Female
  • Host-Parasite Interactions
  • Male
  • Rodent Diseases / parasitology*
  • Spirurida Infections / parasitology
  • Spirurida Infections / transmission
  • Spirurida Infections / veterinary*
  • Spiruroidea / anatomy & histology
  • Spiruroidea / isolation & purification*