Jones Hugh I, Mulder Eridani
Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.
Syst Parasitol. 2007 Mar;66(3):195-205. doi: 10.1007/s11230-006-9058-2. Epub 2006 Sep 14.
A new species of Dracunculus Reichard, 1759 (Nematoda: Spirurida) is described from the tissues surrounding organs in the body-cavity of the water python Liasis fuscus Peters in northern Australia. One to 14 worms were recovered from 22% (27/120) of pythons examined. Males were located principally around the lungs, liver and heart of the hosts, and females were recovered from peritoneal tissue surrounding the intestines and lining the body-cavity. This species differs from previously described species of Dracunculus in the position of the papillae at the posterior end in males, and in the possession of thick, narrow caudal alae. Submedian cephalic papillae are single in both sexes. Dorsal and ventral anterior cephalic papillae are absent in males. This is the first report of a species of Dracunculus from the Australian region.
1759年里夏德描述的麦地那龙线虫属（线虫纲：旋尾目）一新物种，是从澳大利亚北部的暗斑水蟒（Liasis fuscus Peters）体腔器官周围组织中发现的。在检查的120条蟒蛇中，22%（27/120）体内发现了1至14条虫体。雄虫主要位于宿主的肺、肝和心脏周围，雌虫则是从围绕肠道及衬于体腔的腹膜组织中发现的。该物种与先前描述的麦地那龙线虫属物种的区别在于，雄虫后端乳突的位置以及具有厚而窄的尾翼。两性的亚中位头部乳突均为单个。雄虫无背侧和腹侧前头部乳突。这是澳大利亚地区麦地那龙线虫属物种的首次报道。
