Bain O, Guerrero R, Rodriguez B, Babayan S, Jouvenet N
L'INSERM (U567), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 61, rue Buffon, 75231 Paris, France.
Parasite. 2003 Sep;10(3):211-8. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2003103211.
Type material of Litomosoides hamletti Sandground, 1934 from Glossophaga soricina soricina in Brazil and L. penai Jiménez-Quirós & Arroyo, 1960 from Carollia perspicillata azteca in Costa Rica, was examined. The morphology of the spicules shows that these species belong to the carinii group. Their synonymy with L. guiterasi Pérez Vigueras, 1934, from Artibeus jamaicensis yucatanicus in Cuba, does not appear justified because they are distinct in several characters (body length, width of female, size and shape of buccal cavity and capsule, shape of right spicule). L. hamletti is a valid species; L. penai is closely related to it and is considered to be a sub-species, L. hamletti penai Jiménez-Quirós & Arroyo, 1960. The material recovered from Glossophaga spp., previously assigned to L. guiterasi by several authors, is identified as L. h. hamletti. L. guiterasi appears to be closely related to L. chandleri Esslinger, 1973; L. chitwoodi n. sp. (= Litomosoides sp. Chitwood, 1938) seems close to these species; all three are parasites of Artibeus spp.
对采自巴西食果蝠（Glossophaga soricina soricina）的哈氏丝虫（Litomosoides hamletti Sandground，1934）以及采自哥斯达黎加小长鼻蝠（Carollia perspicillata azteca）的佩氏丝虫（L. penai Jiménez - Quirós & Arroyo，1960）的模式标本进行了检查。交合刺的形态表明这些物种属于卡里尼组。它们与采自古巴尤卡坦半岛叶口蝠（Artibeus jamaicensis yucatanicus）的吉氏丝虫（L. guiterasi Pérez Vigueras，1934）同义并不合理，因为它们在几个特征上有所不同（体长、雌虫宽度、口腔和包囊的大小及形状、右交合刺的形状）。哈氏丝虫是一个有效物种；佩氏丝虫与之密切相关，被认为是一个亚种，即哈氏丝虫佩氏亚种（L. hamletti penai Jiménez - Quirós & Arroyo，1960）。从食果蝠属（Glossophaga spp.）采集到的、此前被多位作者归为吉氏丝虫的标本，被鉴定为哈氏丝虫指名亚种（L. h. hamletti）。吉氏丝虫似乎与钱氏丝虫（L. chandleri Esslinger，1973）密切相关；奇氏丝虫新种（L. chitwoodi n. sp. = Litomosoides sp. Chitwood，1938）似乎也与这些物种相近；这三种都是叶口蝠属（Artibeus spp.）的寄生虫。
