New records of small mammal hosts for five ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka
Ticks and fleas act as vectors for a number of zoonotic diseases, hence are medically important. Handful of studies carried out in Sri Lanka to date have reported 6 tick species and 11 flea species from murine rodents and shrews. Here, we report ticks and fleas infesting murine rodents and shrews co...
Published in: | Ceylon Journal of Science |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
2016
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4038/cjs.v45i3.7398 https://doaj.org/article/91cafb205e444c478c90c834b7d42753 |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:91cafb205e444c478c90c834b7d42753 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:91cafb205e444c478c90c834b7d42753 2023-05-15T18:05:30+02:00 New records of small mammal hosts for five ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka Saranga Yathramullage Umesha Dissanayake Rupika S. Rajakaruna Suyama Meegaskumbura 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.4038/cjs.v45i3.7398 https://doaj.org/article/91cafb205e444c478c90c834b7d42753 EN eng Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka https://cjs.sljol.info/articles/7398 https://doaj.org/toc/2513-2814 https://doaj.org/toc/2513-230X 2513-2814 2513-230X doi:10.4038/cjs.v45i3.7398 https://doaj.org/article/91cafb205e444c478c90c834b7d42753 Ceylon Journal of Science, Vol 45, Iss 3, Pp 29-37 (2016) kurunegala kandy ectoparasites murine rodents shrews Science Q article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.4038/cjs.v45i3.7398 2022-12-30T22:55:38Z Ticks and fleas act as vectors for a number of zoonotic diseases, hence are medically important. Handful of studies carried out in Sri Lanka to date have reported 6 tick species and 11 flea species from murine rodents and shrews. Here, we report ticks and fleas infesting murine rodents and shrews collected from 18 selected sites in two districts in Sri Lanka, Kurunegala and Kandy. Two species of ticks ( Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides and Haemaphysalis spinigera ), an unidentified Haemaphysalis larva and a flea Xenopsylla cheopis were found from Kurunegala. From Kandy, four species of ticks ( R. haemaphysaloides, H. spinigera, Ixodis ceylonensis and Dermacentor auratus ) and three species of fleas ( X. cheopis, Stivalius phoberus and Stivalius aporus ) were collected. Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides was recorded from Rattus rattus, Bandicota indica, Mus fernandoni, Golunda ellioti and Suncus murinus H . spinigera from R. rattus, B. indica and S. murinus I. ceylonensis from M. cervicolor and R. rattus D. auratus from R. rattus both X. cheopis and S. phoberus were collected only from R. rattus S. aporus from R. rattus and M. fernandoni. Though, all species of parasites reported here have been previously recorded from Sri Lanka, D. auratus and H. spinigera are reported for the first time from murine rodents and shrews. We also report here several new host records for the country: R. haemaphysaloides from B. indica , G. ellioti and S. murinus H. spinigera from B. indica and S. murinus D. auratus and S. aporus from R. rattus larvae of I. ceylonensis from M. cervicolor . Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Ceylon Journal of Science 45 3 29 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English |
topic |
kurunegala kandy ectoparasites murine rodents shrews Science Q |
spellingShingle |
kurunegala kandy ectoparasites murine rodents shrews Science Q Saranga Yathramullage Umesha Dissanayake Rupika S. Rajakaruna Suyama Meegaskumbura New records of small mammal hosts for five ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka |
topic_facet |
kurunegala kandy ectoparasites murine rodents shrews Science Q |
description |
Ticks and fleas act as vectors for a number of zoonotic diseases, hence are medically important. Handful of studies carried out in Sri Lanka to date have reported 6 tick species and 11 flea species from murine rodents and shrews. Here, we report ticks and fleas infesting murine rodents and shrews collected from 18 selected sites in two districts in Sri Lanka, Kurunegala and Kandy. Two species of ticks ( Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides and Haemaphysalis spinigera ), an unidentified Haemaphysalis larva and a flea Xenopsylla cheopis were found from Kurunegala. From Kandy, four species of ticks ( R. haemaphysaloides, H. spinigera, Ixodis ceylonensis and Dermacentor auratus ) and three species of fleas ( X. cheopis, Stivalius phoberus and Stivalius aporus ) were collected. Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides was recorded from Rattus rattus, Bandicota indica, Mus fernandoni, Golunda ellioti and Suncus murinus H . spinigera from R. rattus, B. indica and S. murinus I. ceylonensis from M. cervicolor and R. rattus D. auratus from R. rattus both X. cheopis and S. phoberus were collected only from R. rattus S. aporus from R. rattus and M. fernandoni. Though, all species of parasites reported here have been previously recorded from Sri Lanka, D. auratus and H. spinigera are reported for the first time from murine rodents and shrews. We also report here several new host records for the country: R. haemaphysaloides from B. indica , G. ellioti and S. murinus H. spinigera from B. indica and S. murinus D. auratus and S. aporus from R. rattus larvae of I. ceylonensis from M. cervicolor . |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Saranga Yathramullage Umesha Dissanayake Rupika S. Rajakaruna Suyama Meegaskumbura |
author_facet |
Saranga Yathramullage Umesha Dissanayake Rupika S. Rajakaruna Suyama Meegaskumbura |
author_sort |
Saranga Yathramullage |
title |
New records of small mammal hosts for five ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka |
title_short |
New records of small mammal hosts for five ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka |
title_full |
New records of small mammal hosts for five ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka |
title_fullStr |
New records of small mammal hosts for five ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka |
title_full_unstemmed |
New records of small mammal hosts for five ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka |
title_sort |
new records of small mammal hosts for five ectoparasite species from sri lanka |
publisher |
Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
publishDate |
2016 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.4038/cjs.v45i3.7398 https://doaj.org/article/91cafb205e444c478c90c834b7d42753 |
genre |
Rattus rattus |
genre_facet |
Rattus rattus |
op_source |
Ceylon Journal of Science, Vol 45, Iss 3, Pp 29-37 (2016) |
op_relation |
https://cjs.sljol.info/articles/7398 https://doaj.org/toc/2513-2814 https://doaj.org/toc/2513-230X 2513-2814 2513-230X doi:10.4038/cjs.v45i3.7398 https://doaj.org/article/91cafb205e444c478c90c834b7d42753 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.4038/cjs.v45i3.7398 |
container_title |
Ceylon Journal of Science |
container_volume |
45 |
container_issue |
3 |
container_start_page |
29 |
_version_ |
1766176973606879232 |