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Host–parasite relationships of Rhabdochona kidderi Pearse, 1936 (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) in fishes of the Lacantún River in the Lacandon rain forest of Chiapas State, southern Mexico, with a key to Mexican species of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916

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For the first time, the nematode Rhabdochona kidderi kidderi Pearse, 1936 (Rhabdochonidae) was recorded from fishes of the Lacantún River (Usumacinta River basin) in the Lacandon rain forest, Chiapas State, southern Mexico. Amphilophus nourissati (Allgayer) and Theraps irregularis Günther (both Perciformes: Cichlidae) were found to be the only definitive hosts in the locality, whereas Eugerres mexicanus (Steindachner) (Perciformes: Gerreidae), Ariopsis sp., Cathorops aguadulce (Meek) and Potomarius nelsoni (Evermann & Goldsborough) (all Siluriformes: Ariidae), Ictalurus furcatus (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) and Strongylura hubbsi Collette (Beloniformes: Belonidae) all harboured the nematode’s fourth-stage larva and only served as paratenic hosts. All these fish species represent new host records for this parasite. The morphology of both adults and larvae was studied in detail by light and scanning electron microscopy, and some conspecific museum specimens from three other host species were also examined for comparison. Rhabdochona ictaluri Aguilar-Aguilar, Rosas-Valdez & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2010 is considered here to be a junior synonym of R. kidderi kidderi. A high degree of the variability of some morphological and biometrical features (deirid shape, left spicule length) and an unusually wide range of hosts suggest that R. kidderi may represent a species complex, but further studies are necessary in this respect. A key to Rhabdochona species and subspecies occurring in Mexico is provided.

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We thank Guillermina Cabañas-Carranza, Jessica Pérez-Sánchez, Jesús Montoya-Mendoza and Aliberth Mora-Bonilla, students of the Institute of Biology, Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, and Ana Santana-Piñeros from UMAR, for their help with collecting and examining fishes in Chiapas State. Thanks are also due to the staff of the Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Institute of Parasitology, BC ASCR, České Budějovice, for their technical assistance, and to Blanka Škoríková of the same Institute, for her help with illustrations. This study was supported by the projects PAPIIT No. IN 229807 and PAPIME No. PE 209106 of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Dirección General del Asuntos del Personal Académico, DGAPA, and partly by the grant 524/06/0170 from the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic and research projects of the Institute of Parasitology, BC ASCR (Z60220518 and LC522).

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  1. Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    František Moravec

  2. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-153, C.P. 04510, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

    Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado

  3. Parasitología del Necton, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Unidad Chetumal, Avenida Centenario Km. 5.5, A.P. 424, C.P. 77900, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

    David González-Solís

  4. Laboratorio de Parasitológia de Animales Silvestres, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad No. 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Juan M. Caspeta-Mandujano

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Moravec, F., Salgado-Maldonado, G., González-Solís, D. et al. Host–parasite relationships of Rhabdochona kidderi Pearse, 1936 (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) in fishes of the Lacantún River in the Lacandon rain forest of Chiapas State, southern Mexico, with a key to Mexican species of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916. Syst Parasitol 82, 1–12 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-012-9342-2

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