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Breinlia (Breinlia) jittapalapongi n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from the Asian house rat Rattus tanezumi Temminck in Lao PDR

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A new species of filarioid nematode of the genus Breinlia Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 (Nematoda: Filarioidea) is described from rodents in Lao PDR and according to its morphology, is placed in the subgenus Breinlia. Breinlia (Breinlia) jittapalapongi n. sp. occurs in the Asian house rat (Rattus tanezumi Temminck) and the Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis Blyth) and is reported from two localities (Luang Prabang and Champasak). The new species can be distinguished from all other congeners, which are mostly distributed in Australasia (twenty-two species), South East Asia (four species) and India (two species), by the following characters of the males: shape and size of gubernaculum, length of spicules, pattern of cloacal papillae and presence of sclerotised ring in the buccal capsule. This is the fifth species of Breinlia described from South East Asia.

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Acknowledgements

This work was greatly assisted by the passion and dedication of the late Dr. Odile Bain, despite her weak health during visits of Alexis Ribas to MNHN. This study was supported by the French ANR 11 CPEL 002, project BiodivHealthSEA: Local impacts and perceptions of global changes, biodiversity, health and zoonoses in Southeast Asia (www.biodivhealthsea.org) and the French ANR Biodiversity ANR 07 BDIV 012 project CERoPath: Community Ecology of Rodents and their Pathogens in a changing environment (www.ceropath.org). AR and JM were partially supported by grant 2014-SGR-1241 from the Catalan Government (Spain). We are especially thankful to Nuria Cortadellas and Almudena Garcia from the Unitat de Microscopia, Facultat de Medicina, Centres Científics i Tecnològics de la Universitat de Barcelona (CCiTUB) for their help with the preparation of samples. AR was supported by SYNTHESYS FR-TAF-2283 during his visits to Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Thanks are also due to Coralie Martin for her logistical support during AR visit at the MNHN and for providing literature.

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  1. Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Marina Veciana, Jordi Miquel & Alexis Ribas

  2. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Parasitologie Comparée, UMR 7205, Paris, France

    Odile Bain

  3. Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, CNRS-IRD-UM2, CC065, Université de Montpellier 2, 34095, Montpellier, France

    Serge Morand

  4. Centre d’Infectiologie Christophe Mérieux du Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR

    Serge Morand

  5. Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

    Kittipong Chaisiri

  6. National Agriculture & Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Vientiane, Lao PDR

    Bounneuang Douangboupha

  7. Biodiversity Research Group, Faculty of Science, Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Udon Thani, 41000, Thailand

    Alexis Ribas

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Veciana, M., Bain, O., Morand, S. et al. Breinlia (Breinlia) jittapalapongi n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from the Asian house rat Rattus tanezumi Temminck in Lao PDR. Syst Parasitol 90, 237–245 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-014-9544-x

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