Filarial nematodes belonging to the superorders Diplotriaenoidea and Aproctoidea from wild and captive birds in Japan

• Main Authors: Yoshino Tomoo, Hama Natsuki, Onuma Manabu, Takagi Masaoki, Sato Kei, Matsui Shin, Hisaka Mariko, Yanai Tokuma, Ito Haruo, Urano Nobutaka, Osa Yuichi, Asakawa M
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 酪農学園大学 2014
• Subjects: aproctoidea; diplotriaenoidea; new host record; pathogenicity; Accipiter gentilis
• Online Access: https://rakuno.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=3831; http://hdl.handle.net/10659/3733; https://rakuno.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=3831&item_no=1&attribute_id=21&file_no=1

Eight species of filarial nematodes of the superorders Diplotriaenoidea and Aproctoidea were collected from the lung, air sac, abdominal cavity, and subdermal layer of the neck of wild and captive birds in Japan. The species of the filarial nematodes were identified as Diplotriaena bargusinica, D. henryi, Serratospiculum kwangsiensis, S. tendo, Hamatospiculum accipitris, H. cylindricum, H. quadridens, and Lissonema noctuae based on morphometry and pathogenicity. D. henryi from Poecile varius, H. accipitris from Accipiter gentilis, H. cylindricum from Lanius bucephalus and H. quadridens from Otus flammeolus represent the first host records worldwide. Moreover, D. henryi, S. kwangsiensis, H. cylindricum, and L. noctuae were the first geographical records from Japan.