<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Details about the record of a juvenile mermithid roundworm parasitizing the bark spider Caerostris sumatrana Strand, 1915 from Thailand are presented. The morphology and ecology of both organisms is discussed. Morphological features suggest this juvenile nematode belongs to the genus cf. <italic>Aranimermis</italic>. Due to the subadult stage of parasite, identification to species-level was not possible. This first report of a nematode infection in C. sumatrana with several recent findings from other studies significantly adds to the current inventory of mermithids parasitizing spiders. Moreover, our finding is among the first record of this host-parasite interaction from Southeast Asia.</p></abstract>

Details about the record of a juvenile mermithid roundworm parasitizing the bark spider Caerostris sumatrana Strand, 1915 from Thailand are presented. The morphology and ecology of both organisms is discussed. Morphological features suggest this juvenile nematode belongs to the genus cf. Aranimermis. Due to the subadult stage of parasite, identification to species-level was not possible. This first report of a nematode infection in C. sumatrana with several recent findings from other studies significantly adds to the current inventory of mermithids parasitizing spiders. Moreover, our finding is among the first record of this host-parasite interaction from Southeast Asia.

First report on mermithid parasitism (Enoplea: Mermithidae) in a Southeast Asian spider (Araneae: Araneidae)

Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology

Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science

Helminthologia

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Details about the record of a juvenile mermithid roundworm parasitizing the bark spider Caerostris sumatrana Strand, 1915 from Thailand are presented. The...

First report on mermithid parasitism (Enoplea: Mermithidae) in a Southeast Asian spider (Araneae: Araneidae)

Published Online: May 04, 2019

Page range: 157 - 167

Received: Feb 01, 2019

Accepted: Feb 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0012

Keywords
orb-web spider, parasitoid, Thailand

© 2019 O. Košulič et al., published by Sciendo

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

First report on mermithid parasitism (Enoplea: Mermithidae) in a Southeast Asian spider (Araneae: Araneidae)

Published Online: May 04, 2019

Page range: 157 - 167

Received: Feb 01, 2019

Accepted: Feb 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0012

Keywordsorb-web spider, parasitoid, Thailand

© 2019 O. Košulič et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
orb-web spider, parasitoid, Thailand