Identical ITS-1 and ITS-2 Sequences Suggest Spiculopteragia asymmetrica and Spiculopteragia quadrispiculata (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae) Constitute Morphologically Distinct Variants of a Single Species (Research Notes)

Authors

Mónica Santín-Durán, Universidad Complutense de MadridFollow
Concepción de la Fuente, Universidad Complutense de MadridFollow
José M. Alunda, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Benjamin M. Rosenthal, United States Department of AgricultureFollow
Eric P. Hoberg, United States Department of AgricultureFollow

Date of this Version

4-2002

Comments

Published in the Journal of Parasitology (April 2002) 88(2): 417-418.

Abstract

Sequences of ITS-1 and ITS-2 rDNA for adult males of Spiculopteragia asymmetrica,/i> and Spiculopteragia quadrispiculata in red deer (Cervus elaphus) were determined. They were found to be identical, suggesting that S. asymmetrica and S. quadrispiculata represent a single species and do not refute the concept of dimorphic species in the Spiculopteragia.