Review of the genus Mansonella Faust, 1929 sensu lato (Nematoda: Onchocercidae), with descriptions of a new subgenus and a new subspecies

Bain O 1 , Mutafchiev Y 2 , Junker K 3 , Guerrero R 4 , Martin C 5 , Lefoulon E 6 Show all authors , Uni S 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Parasitologie comparée, UMR 7205 CNRS, CP52, 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France; Email: unknown
  • 2 Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; Email: mutafchiev@gmail.com
  • 3 ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Private Bag X05, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa; Email: junkerk@arc.agric.za
  • 4 Instituto de Zoología Tropical, Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, PO Box 47058, 1041A, Caracas, Venezuela.; Email: parasiteven@gmail.com
  • 5 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Parasitologie comparée, UMR 7245 MCAM, CP52, 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France; Email: coralie.martin@mnhn.fr
  • 6 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Parasitologie comparée, UMR 7245 MCAM, CP52, 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France; Email: lefoulon.emilie@gmail.com
  • 7 Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan; Email: unishigehiko@um.edu.my
Zootaxa, 2015;3918(1):151-93.
PMID: 25781087 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.2.1

Abstract

Based on material deposited in museum collections, twelve species within Mansonella sensu lato were examined and their descriptions amended. Based on additional morphological details, the erection of the new monotypic subgenus Filyamagutia Bain & Uni for M. (F.) akitensis (Uni, 1983), and the new combination M. (Pseudolitomosa) musasabi (Yamaguti, 1941) Bain & Uni are proposed. A new subspecies, M. (Tetrapetalonema) atelensis amazonae Bain & Guerrero is described and a key to the seven subgenera of Mansonella is provided. Furthermore, the elevation of Sandnema to full genus rank comprising the two species S. digitatum (Chandler, 1929) n. comb. and S. sunci (Sandground, 1933) n. comb., is proposed. Host and geographic records for the species of Mansonella and Sandnema are included.

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