Southwellina hispida Van Cleave, 1925

Ortega-Olivares, Mirza P., Hernández-Mena, David I., León, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De & García-Varela, Martín, 2011, Helminths of the white ibis, Eudocimus albus (Aves: Therskiornithidae) in Mexico., Zootaxa 3088, pp. 15-26 : 21

Southwellina hispida Van Cleave, 1925

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Localitiy. VERACRUZ: Laguna la Rivera.

Specimens deposited. CNHE 7776.

Remarks. The 2 specimens collected in the present study correspond to Southwellina hispida by possessing two fields of spines in the anterior region of the trunk, a proboscis cylindrical armed with 16 to 17 longitudinal circles of 12 to 15 hooks each, conical neck, and a double-walled proboscis receptacle (see Schmidt, 1973). This acanthocephalan species use crustacean decapod ( Procambarus clarkii Girard ) and fish-eating birds to complete their life-cycle. However, snakes, frogs, freshwater and brackish water fish, serve as paratenic hosts ( Schmidt 1985). In Mexico, adults of S. hispida parasitize several heron species (García-Varela & Pérez Ponce de León 2008; Barrera-Guzmán & Guillén-Hernández 2008; García-Prieto et al. 2010), whereas cystacanths have been found in the mesentery of fish ( Vidal-Martínez et al. 2001; Violante-González et al. 2007; García-Prieto et al. 2010). The two specimens found in the intestine are immature and this may indicate that the white ibis is an accidental host.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 10. 9. Female of Hexaglandula corynosoma Travassos, 1915. 10. Female of Southwellina hispida Van Cl e ave, 1925. Scale bars = 1 mm.