First record of nymphal larvae of Alofia sp. (Pentastomida: Sebekidae) in Megalechis thoracata from the Western Amazon (Brazil)
Lucena R Virgilio, Ricardo M Takemoto, Mayara D Passere, Alessandra V de Oliveira, Dionatas U O Meneguetti · 2026
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Description
Lucena R Virgilio's team reports the first Alofia tongue-worm nymphs found in the plated catfish Megalechis thoracata from the western Amazon in Acre State, Brazil. Tongue-worms of the family Sebekidae use fish as middle hosts, but Alofia records in Brazil were scarce and split.
Of thirty-three fish examined, 42.42 percent carried nymphs in the body cavity around internal organs, at a mean load near 1.57 per infected host. Electron scope work proved telling characters, and a 647-base cell-protein enzyme sequence adds rare small-scale data hinting at an unnamed lineage, expanding known host range and spread.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lucena R Virgilio, Ricardo M Takemoto, Mayara D Passere, Alessandra V de Oliveira, Dionatas U O Meneguetti |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |