Natural History Collections, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.
Molecular Biology Techniques Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.
Parasitol Res. 2024 Nov 1;123(11):367. doi: 10.1007/s00436-024-08388-7.
The literature about mollusc-parasite interactions is focused on species affecting human health, such as trematodes on freshwater snails as intermediate hosts. Far less attention has been paid to parasite-snail interactions in terrestrial habitats. Here we present the first observation of a sciomyzid larva of Limnia unguicornis, parasitizing a vulnerable, tiny air-breading snail, Vertigo moulinsiana (strictly protected by Polish law). Sciomyzids are almost exclusively malacophagous but their biology and ecology are understudied. Thus, we have reviewed the available information on Limnia species and discussed the results of our research.
关于软体动物 - 寄生虫相互作用的文献主要集中在影响人类健康的物种上，例如淡水蜗牛中的吸虫作为中间宿主。对于陆地生境中的寄生虫 - 蜗牛相互作用的关注要少得多。在这里，我们首次观察到 Limnia unguicornis 的一种沙蝇幼虫寄生在脆弱的、微小的空气呼吸蜗牛 Vertigo moulinsiana 上（受波兰法律严格保护）。沙蝇几乎完全是食蜗牛的，但它们的生物学和生态学尚未得到充分研究。因此，我们回顾了有关 Limnia 物种的现有信息，并讨论了我们研究的结果。
