<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We tested the role of sex, size, and mass of the lizards <italic>Phyllopezus pollicaris</italic>, <italic>Gymnodactylus geckoides</italic>, <italic>Hemidactylus agrius</italic>, <italic>Lygodactylus klugei</italic>, and <italic>Hemidactylus brasilianus</italic> on the rates of pentastomid infection in the Brazilian Caatinga. We collected 355 individuals of these five species, of which four (prevalence of infection: <italic>P. pollicaris</italic> 15.9 %, <italic>G. geckoides</italic> 1.4 %, <italic>H. agrius</italic> 28.57 %, and <italic>H. brasilianus</italic> 4.16 %) were infected by <italic>Raillietiella mottae</italic>. Parasite abundance was influenced by host body size and mass only in <italic>P. pollicaris</italic>. Host sex did not influence the abundance of parasites in any species. <italic>Hemidactylus agrius</italic>, <italic>G. geckoides</italic>, and <italic>H. brasilianus</italic> are three new host records for pentastomids.</p></abstract>

We tested the role of sex, size, and mass of the lizards Phyllopezus pollicaris, Gymnodactylus geckoides, Hemidactylus agrius, Lygodactylus klugei, and Hemidactylus brasilianus on the rates of pentastomid infection in the Brazilian Caatinga. We collected 355 individuals of these five species, of which four (prevalence of infection: P. pollicaris 15.9 %, G. geckoides 1.4 %, H. agrius 28.57 %, and H. brasilianus 4.16 %) were infected by Raillietiella mottae. Parasite abundance was influenced by host body size and mass only in P. pollicaris. Host sex did not influence the abundance of parasites in any species. Hemidactylus agrius, G. geckoides, and H. brasilianus are three new host records for pentastomids.

<italic>Raillietiella mottae</italic> (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) parasitizing four species of Gekkota lizards (Gekkonidae and Phyllodactylidae) in the Brazilian Caatinga

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioprospecção Molecular, Departamento de Química Biológica

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia – DSE, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza – CCEN

Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB, Cidade Universitária

Instituto de Formação de Educadores - IFE

Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais

Universidade Federal do Maranhão – UFMA

Helminthologia

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 (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) parasitizing four species of Gekkota lizards (Gekkonidae and Phyllodactylidae) in the Brazilian Caatinga

We tested the role of sex, size, and mass of the lizards Phyllopezus pollicaris, Gymnodactylus geckoides, Hemidactylus agrius, Lygodactylus klugei, and...

Raillietiella mottae (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) parasitizing four species of Gekkota lizards (Gekkonidae and Phyllodactylidae) in the Brazilian Caatinga

Published Online: Apr 26, 2018

Page range: 140 - 145

Received: Jul 04, 2017

Accepted: Jan 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0006

Keywords
Geckos, Pulmonary parasite, Semi-arid, South America

© 2018 V. F. Lima et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Raillietiella mottae (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) parasitizing four species of Gekkota lizards (Gekkonidae and Phyllodactylidae) in the Brazilian Caatinga

Published Online: Apr 26, 2018

Page range: 140 - 145

Received: Jul 04, 2017

Accepted: Jan 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0006

KeywordsGeckos, Pulmonary parasite, Semi-arid, South America

© 2018 V. F. Lima et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Geckos, Pulmonary parasite, Semi-arid, South America