Dewi Kartika, Hasegawa Hideo
Zoology Division, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, RC Biologi-LIPI, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor, Km. 46. Cibinong, West Java, 16911, Indonesia.
J Parasitol. 2010 Feb;96(1):125-8. doi: 10.1645/GE-2152.1.
Syphacia (Syphacia) rifaii sp. n. (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) is described from endemic Bunomys chrysocomus and Bunomys prolatus (Rodentia: Muridae) on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. The new species is closest morphologically to Syphacia (Syphacia) sulawesiensis , parasitic in Rattus xanthurus from Sulawesi Island, by having large vesicular lateral alae in males, but is readily distinguished by having a smaller body, a round cephalic plate in both sexes, the absence of lateral alae in females, a longer relative distance between excretory pore and vulva, and smaller eggs. Syphacia (S.) rifaii is surmised to be a specific parasite of Bunomys spp. and has evolved from a common ancestor with S. (S.) sulawesiensis on Sulawesi Island.
里法伊氏管圆线虫(Syphacia rifaii)新种(线虫纲:尖尾科)是在印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛的特有种金黄布氏鼠(Bunomys chrysocomus)和长布氏鼠(Bunomys prolatus)(啮齿目:鼠科)体内发现并描述的。该新种在形态上与寄生在苏拉威西岛黄胸鼠(Rattus xanthurus)体内的苏拉威西管圆线虫(Syphacia (Syphacia) sulawesiensis)最为接近,雄性均具有大的泡状侧翼,但通过以下特征可轻易区分:虫体较小,两性均具有圆形头板,雌性无侧翼,排泄孔与阴门之间的相对距离较长,且虫卵较小。推测里法伊氏管圆线虫(Syphacia (S.) rifaii)是布氏鼠属(Bunomys spp.)的特异性寄生虫,并且是与苏拉威西岛上的苏拉威西管圆线虫(S. (S.) sulawesiensis)由共同祖先进化而来。