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On a collection of Pentastomids from East and Southeast Asia

1969; Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Volume: 20; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7601/mez.20.147

2185-5609

Hugh L. Keegan, S. Toshioka, Takaji Matsui, Hiroshi Suzuki,

Parasites and Host Interactions

1. Four species of pentastomids were represented in collections from snakes from Malaysia, Taiwan, Amami Oshima, and Korea examined at the 406th Medical Laboratory, U.S. Army Medical Command, Japan, during the period 1964-66. 2. Raillietiella orientalis (Hett, 1915) Sambon, 1922, was taken for the first time from : Agkistrodon rhodostoma (Boie) from the Malaysian mainland opposite Penang; Trimeresurus flavoviridis flavoviridis (Hallowell) from Amami Oshima; Dinodon semicarinatum (Cope) from Amami Oshima; and Natrix pryeri pryeri (Boulenger) from Amami Oshima. It was also taken from Vipera russelli (Shaw) and Naja naja atra Cantor from Taiwan. 3. Kiricephalus pattoni (Stephens, 1908) Sambon, 1910, was taken from Ptyas mucosus (L.), Opheodrys major major (Guenther), Elaphe taeniura taeniura (Cope), and Zaocys dhumnades (Cantor). All hosts were from Taiwan. Nymphs tentatively identified as those of K. pattoni were found encysted in a lizard, Japalura swinhonis Guenther, and a toad, Bufo bankorensis Barbour, to which eggs of K. pattoni had been given by mouth 90 days previously. Since both hosts had been captured as adults on Taiwan, there was no assurance that these collections represented experimental infections. 4. Armillifer agkistrodontis Self and Kuntz, 1966, was taken from two specimens of the pit viper Agkistrodon acutus (Guenther) on Taiwan. 5. A male adult or nymph of an undetermined species of genus Waddycephalus Sambon, 1922, was taken from the body cavity of Dinodon rufozonatum rufozonatum (Cantor) from Seoul, Korea. This was the first record of a member of the genus in Korea. 6. Identifying characteristics of the species collected were illustrated and discussed. Eggs of Raillietiella orientalis, Kiricephalus pattoni, and Armillifer agkistrodontis had never before been illustrated.