Sobre algumas espécies do gênero Gliricola (Mallophaga)

Abstract

<abstract language="eng">Two new species and three new sub-especies of the genus Gliricola are described in this paper. The former were found on a specimen of Cavia aperea from Santo Amaro, near the city São Paulo, and the latter on wild rats from several localities in Brazil. The parasites of Cavia aperea - G. spinosus and G. lindolphoi - are characterised by the male genitalia. That of G. spinosus is similar to that of G. porcelli, the type species of the genus, but is distinguished by two large hook-like spines on the copulatory sac; that of G. lindolphoi by possessing an appearence entirely its own, principally concerning the chitinous structure of the vesicula and the articulation parameres-basal plate. Several females were also found on the same host, the author inclining to consider them as G. spinosus but that might actually be G. porcelli or G. lindolphoi. The author considers the new rat parasites, and also G. fonsecai, sub-especies of G. decartatus, thus joining in a natural group closely allied forms wich may be recognised though small particularities of chaetotaxy found in the abdomen and the genital region of the females. The males are difficult to identify, although having small differences in the genitalia of some of them

Ectoparasites of the critically endangered insular cavy, Cavia intermedia (Rodentia: Caviidae), southern Brazil

“…The sorting and counting of the lice was performed using a stereomicroscope. At least one sample containing several lice from each individual host was stored on permanent slides and identified according to Werneck (1942, 1948) and Emerson and Price (1975) . Both the validity of specific names of lice and host were confirmed based on Price et al.…”

Ectoparasitos em preás (Galea spixii Wagler, 1831) cativos no semiárido do Rio Grande do Norte

“…Os espécimes recuperados foram identiϐicados através de chaves dicotômicas segundo Werneck (1936Werneck ( , 1942, Aragão & Fonseca (1961) e Barros-Battesti et al (2006), com auxílio da microscopia óptica e estereomicroscopia.…”

Parasitological, epidemiological, and hematological findings in Spix's yellow-toothed cavy (Galea spixii Wangler, 1831) in the State of Paraiba, northeastern Brazil

“…Utilizing Swabbing was utilized to collect the parasites, which helped to preserve and transfer them to a glass blade. The ectoparasites found were bleached with 10% potassium hydroxide for approximately 1 hour, and then were analyzed under light microscopy and identified (Ewing, 1924;Serra-Freire & Mello, 2006;Werneck, 1942) on an OLYMPUS BX53F TM (Tokyo, Japan) microscope coupled with a digital (OLYMPUS DP73 TM ) camera, by using Image cellSens DimensionTM software.…”