Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Tutunema tutu n. g., n. sp., a primitive member of the Hethidae (Nematoda: Rhigonematida: Ransomnematoidea) parasitic in a Papua New Guinea diplopod

  • Published:
Systematic Parasitology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Tutunema tutu n. g., n. sp. is described from the gut of a large spirobolid millipede (? Polyconoceras sp.) from Papua New Guinea and illustrated with the aid of SEMs. The new genus belongs to the Hethidae and has characters regarded as primitive when compared to Heth, the only other genus in the family. Like Heth, the genus is sexually dimorphic, female Tutunema tutu n. g., n. sp. differing from Heth spp. in having: less developed, simpler, pseudolabia with unfringed margins; a single, retrorse, unspined cervical collar; other cervical spination absent; and three hypertrophied cuticular projections in the stoma. The males lack a midventral sucker, but have the normal complement of 15 copulatory papillae found in Heth.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Adamson, M.L. (1982) Two new species of Heth Cobb, 1898 (Nematoda, Rhigonematidae) from South American diplopods. Bulletin de Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4 série, 3, 404–418.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. (1983a) The genus Ransomnema Artigas, 1926 (Rhigonematidae) in South American diplopods. Systematic Parasitology, 5, 119–125.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. (1983b) Redescriptions of Rondonema rondoni Artigas, 1926 and R. pseudonannolenou Dollfus, 1952 and a revision of Rondonema Artigas, 1926. Systematic Parasitology, 5, 175–184.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. (1983c) Redescriptions of five species of Heth Cobb, 1898 (Rhigonematidae; Nematoda) from South American diplopods. Systematic Parasitology, 5, 185–202.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. (1983d) Brumptaemilius gabonensis n. sp. (Ransomnematinae, Rhigonematidae, Nematoda) from Pachybolus sp. (Spirobolida, Diplopoda) from Gabon with comments on the Ransomnematinae. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4e série, 5, 759–766.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. (1984a) A revision of Carnoya Gilson, 1898 (Nematoda; Rhigonematidae) with descriptions of four new species. Systematic Parasitology, 6, 113–129.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. (1984b) Rediagnosis of Urucuia Kloss, 1961 (Nematoda; Rhigonematina; Carnoyidae) with comments on morphology and host distribution of the Carnoyidae, parasites of diplopods. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 62, 1,631–1,635.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. (1985) Rhigonematida (Nematoda) of Rhinocricus bernardinensis (Rhinocricidae; Spirobolida; Diplopoda) with comments on r-and K-selection in nematode parasites of diplopods. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 92, 871–896.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. (1987) Nematode parasites of Orthoporus americanus (Diplopoda; Spirobolida) from Paraguay. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65, 3,011–3,019.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. & Anderson, N.H. (1985) Rhigonematid (Nematoda) parasites of Archispirostreptus tumuliporus (Spirostreptida; Diplopoda) in Malawi. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 63, 916–923.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. & Van Waerebeke, D. (1985) The Rhigonematida (Nematoda) of diplopods: reclassification and its cladistic representation. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 60, 685–702.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adamson, M.L. & Zaman, V. (1984) Metastomal projections in Brumptaemilius gabonensis Adamson, 1983 (Ransomnematinae; Nematoda): their distribution in the subfamily and possible function. Journal of Parasitology, 70, 239–242.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cobb, N.A. (1898) Extract from MS report on the parasites of stock. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 9, 296–321, 419–454.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dollfus, R.-Ph. (1952) Quelques Oxyuroidea de myriapodes. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 27, 146–236.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, D.J. (1993) Two new species of Travassosinema Rao, 1958 (Nematoda: Travassosinematidae) from diplopods in Sulawesi and Papua New Guinea. Afro-Asian Journal of Nematology, 3, 196–200.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, D.J. (1994a) A synopsis of the Hethidae (Nematoda: Rhigonematida) with descriptions of five new species of Heth Cobb, 1898 from diplopods from Papua New Guinea. Russian Journal of Nematology, 2, 15–31.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, D.J. (1994b) A synopsis of the Ichthyocephalidae (Nematoda: Rhigonematida) with description of Ichthyocephaloides xesmostoma sp. n. in a diplopod from Papua New Guinea. Afro-Asian Journal of Nematology, 4, 104–108.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, D.J. (1994c) Zalophora hepialum, a new genus and species of rhigonematid (Nematoda, Rhigonematidae) in a diplopod from Papua New Guinea. Acta Parasitologica, 39, 197–200.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, D.J. (1994d) A synopsis of the Ransomnematidae (Nematoda: Rhigonematida) with proposal of Ransomnema alatum sp. n. and additional data on R. bursatum. Afro-Asian Journal of Nematology, 4, 177–184.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, D.J. (1995) Four new species of the genus Rhigonema Cobb, 1898 (Nematoda: Rhigonematida: Rhigonematidae) parasitic in diplopods from Papua New Guinea. Nematologia Mediterranea, 23, 217–234.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, D.J. (1996) Travassosinema thyropygi sp. n. (Nematoda: Travassosinematidae) from a spirobolid millipede from Vietnam with SEM observations on Heth imias Spiridonov, 1989 (Nematoda: Hethidae). Fundamental and Applied Nematology, 19, 7–14.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, D.J. & Sutherland, J.A. (1984a) Ichthyocephaloides dasyacanthus n. g., n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhigonematoidea) from a millipede from Papua New Guinea. Systematic Parasitology, 6, 141–146.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunt, D.J. & Sutherland, J. (1984b) Three new species of Carnoya Gilson, 1898 (Nematoda: Rhigonematidae) from Papua New Guinea. Systematic Parasitology, 6, 229–236.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kloss, G.R. (1965) Compêndio dos nematóides parasitos intestinais de artrópodos. III. Carnoyidae e Hethidae. Arquivos de Zoologia, 13, 47–137.

    Google Scholar 

  • Osche, G. (1960) Systematische, morphologische und parasitophyletische Studien an parasitischen Oxyuroiden (Nematoda) exotischer Diplopoden (ein Beitrag zur Morphologie der Sexualdimorphismus). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Oekologie und Geographie der Tiere, 87, 395–440.

    Google Scholar 

  • Spiridonov, S.E. (1989) New species of Rhigonematidae (Nematoda) from the Cuban spirobolid Rhinocricus sp. (Diplopoda). Folia Parasitologica, 36, 71–80.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. International Institute of Parasitology, 95A, Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts., AL4 0XU, UK

    D.J. Hunt

Authors
  1. D.J. Hunt
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hunt, D. Tutunema tutu n. g., n. sp., a primitive member of the Hethidae (Nematoda: Rhigonematida: Ransomnematoidea) parasitic in a Papua New Guinea diplopod. Syst Parasitol 39, 71–80 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005918210996

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005918210996

Keywords

Search

Navigation