Revision of Wenyonia Woodland, 1923 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from catfishes (Siluriformes) in Africa

0359381 - BC 2012 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Schaeffner, Bjoern C. - Jirků, Miloslav - Mahmoud, Z. N. - Scholz, Tomáš
Revision of Wenyonia Woodland, 1923 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from catfishes (Siluriformes) in Africa.
Systematic Parasitology. Roč. 79, č. 2 (2011), s. 83-107. ISSN 0165-5752. E-ISSN 1573-5192
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA524/08/0885; GA AV ČR KJB600960813; GA MŠMT LC522
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : Wenyonia * catfishes * Africa * key to the identification * phylogenetic analysis
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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Tapeworms of the genus Wenyonia Woodland, 1923 (Caryophyllidea: Caryophyllaeidae), parasites of catfishes in Africa, are revised. This revision is based on material from large-scale sampling, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Senegal and the Sudan between 2006 and 2009, and the examination of all of the typespecimens available. The following six species are considered valid and their redescriptions are provided: Wenyonia virilis Woodland, 1923 (typespecies; new synonym W. kainjii Ukoli, 1972); W. acuminata Woodland, 1923; W. longicauda Woodland, 1937; W. minuta Woodland, 1923 (new synonym W. mcconnelli Ukoli, 1972); W. synodontis Ukoli, 1972; and W. youdeoweii Ukoli, 1972. A key to the identification of Wenyonia spp. is provided and numerous new hosts and geographical records are reported. A comparative phylogenetic analysis of partial sequences of the 28S rRNA gene of four species divided the monophyletic genus into two lineages.
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