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Camponotus compressiscapus André (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) an experimental second intermediate host ofDicrocoelium hospes looss, 1907 (Trematodes, Dicrocoeliidae)

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Infection experiments showed that the African antCamponotus compressiscapus can serve as a second intermediate host ofDicrocoelium hospes. Most of the cercariae penetrated the crop-wall and encysted in the hemocoel, whereas one or more larvae invaded the ant's central nervous system. These larvae cause behavioral changes, which increase their chance of being ingested by final hosts. Experimental infections of definitive hosts were obtained in golden hamsters,Meriones unguiculatus, guinea-pigs, and sheep.

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  1. Abt. Parasitologie, Universität Hohenheim, Emil-Wolff-Straße 34, D-7000, Stuttgart 70, Federal Republic of Germany

    Richard Lucius, Thomas Romig & Werner Frank

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This study is dedicated to Prof. Dr. G. Piekarski on his 70th birthday. It was supported by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft given to one of us (W. Frank)

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Lucius, R., Romig, T. & Frank, W. Camponotus compressiscapus André (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) an experimental second intermediate host ofDicrocoelium hospes looss, 1907 (Trematodes, Dicrocoeliidae). Z. Parasitenkd. 63, 271–275 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00931989

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