The Thelastomatoidea (Nematoda: Oxyurida) of two sympatric Panesthiinae (Insecta: Blattodea) from southeastern Queensland, Australia: taxonomy, species richness and host specificity

• Published in: Nematology : international journal of fundamental and applied nematological research Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 543 - 575
• Main Authors: Jex, Aaron R, Schneider, Margaret A, Rose, Harley A, Cribb, Tom A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Netherlands Brill 01.01.2005; BRILL
• Subjects: animal morphology; animal taxonomy; Bilobostoma; BIOGEOGRAPHY; Biological and medical sciences; Blattaria; DESCRIPTION; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; host specificity; host-parasite relationships; Invertebrates; KEYS; Malaspinanema; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; morphometry; Nemathelminthia. Plathelmintha; Nematoda; NEW GENERA; new genus; NEW SPECIES; Panesthia cribrata; Panesthia tryoni tryoni; parasitism; PINWORM; pinworms; species diversity; Systematics. Geographical distribution; taxonomic keys; Tsuganema; Queensland; Australia; Oceania; Entomopathogen; Prevalence; new genera; pinworm; Taxonomy; Insecta; keys; Diagnosis (taxonomy); Sympatry; description; morphometrics; National park; Nematoda; Dictyoptera; Species richness; New genus; Blaberidae; biogeography; Host specificity; Parasite; Arthropoda; Morphology; Helmintha; Nemathelminthia; New species; Invertebrata; Morphometry
• DOI: 10.1163/156854105774384741
• ISSN: 1388-5545

Abstract The thelastomatoid fauna of two species of wood-burrowing cockroach (Blattodea, Blaberidae), Panesthia cribrata and Panesthia tryoni tryoni, from Lamington National Park, Australia, is described. The following eight new species and three new genera of thelastomatid are proposed: Bilobostoma exerovulva n. g., n. sp.; Cordonicola gibsoni n. sp.; Coronostoma australiae n. sp.; Desmicola ornata n. sp.; Hammerschmidtiella hochi n. sp.; Malaspinanema goateri n. g., n. sp.; Travassosinema jaidenae n. sp.; and Tsuganema cribratum n. g., n. sp. Additional data are given for Blattophila sphaerolaima and Leidynemella fusiformis. Of the 11 species reported, nine were found in P. cribrata and ten in P. tryoni tryoni. Such levels of thelastomatoid species richnessness in single host species are exceptional. Only the mole cricket, Gryllotalpa africana (23), and the domestic cockroach, Periplaneta americana (20), have higher reported richness. Three species, T. jaidenae, C. australiae and D. ornata, were found either exclusively or significantly more prevalently in P. tryoni tryoni than in P. cribrata. Species of Travassosinema, Coronostoma and Desmicola have been found previously only in millipedes (Diplopoda), a fact that suggests that there is a greater degree of niche overlap between P. tryoni tryoni and millipedes than for P. cribrata.