Paraconcinnum leirsi n.sp. (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae) from rodents in Tanzania and its phylogenetic position within the dicrocoeliids

Ribas, A.; Makundi, Rhodes H.; Bellocq, J. Goüy de

dc.creator	Ribas, A.
dc.creator	Makundi, Rhodes H.
dc.creator	Bellocq, J. Goüy de
dc.date	2016-11-17T18:30:27Z
dc.date	2016-11-17T18:30:27Z
dc.date	2012-11
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:52:52Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:52:52Z
dc.identifier	A. Ribas, R.H. Makundi & J. Go ü y de Bellocq (2012) Paraconcinnum leirsi n.sp. (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae) from rodents in Tanzania and its phylogenetic position within the dicrocoeliids, African Zoology, 47:2, 326-331
dc.identifier	1562-7020
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/942
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/93099
dc.description	African Zoology
dc.description	The trematode Paraconcinnum leirsi n.sp. (Dicrocoeliidae) is described from two rodent species, the African gerbil, Gerbilliscus vicinus, and the spiny mouse, Acomys spinosissimus, from Tanzania. It differs from the description of P. hylomisci found in the Stella wood mouse, Hylomyscus stella, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Molecular studies were performed by sequencing the near complete 18S rDNA gene of the fluke to assess its phylogenetic position within the Dicrocoeliidae. The resulting estimate of evolutionary divergence between the fluke and other dicrocoeliids was 1.60 ± 0.22% base differences per site. The phylogenetic analysis shows that the fluke is a new species within Dicrocoeliidae falling in a cluster with the genera Corrigia, Lyperosomum, Concinnum and Eurytrema although phylogenetic relationships among these genera are not well resolved. This is the first dicrocoeliid reported from rodents in eastern Africa.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	African Zoology
dc.subject	Acomys
dc.subject	Dicrocoeliidae
dc.subject	Gerbilliscus
dc.subject	Paraconcinnum
dc.subject	18S rDNA gene.
dc.title	Paraconcinnum leirsi n.sp. (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae) from rodents in Tanzania and its phylogenetic position within the dicrocoeliids
dc.type	Article