Waterfowl mortality caused by Cyathocotyle bushiensis Khan, 1962 (Trematoda: Cyathocotylidae), St. Lawrence River, Quebec

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (11) ◽  
pp. 1351-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. G. Gibson ◽  
E. Broughton ◽  
L. P. E. Choquette
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
First Record ◽  
First Report ◽  
Anas Rubripes ◽  
Breeding Populations ◽  
Waterfowl Mortality ◽  
St Lawrence River ◽  
Cyathocotyle Bushiensis

In St. Lawrence River marshes, fatal sporadic and epizootic typhlitis in breeding populations of black ducks, Anas rubripes; blue-winged teal, A. discors; and migrant green-winged teal, A. carolinensis, is attributed to Cyathocotyle bushiensis Khan, 1962. This is the first report of C. bushiensis in natural definitive hosts, and the first record of the genus Cyathocotyle in North America. Pathogenicity of C. bushiensis was confirmed experimentally by using metacercariae from the most abundant local gastropod, Bythinia tentaculata, to produce cyathocotyliasis in Pekin ducklings.

scholarly journals First record of Pilularia americana A. Braun (Polypodiidae, Salviniales, Marsileaceae) from Peru

Check List ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-322
Author(s):  
Blanca León ◽  
Hamilton Beltrán ◽  
Carlos Carrasco-Badajoz ◽  
Edwin Portal-Quicaña ◽  
Mariela Huaycha-Allcca
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
First Record ◽  
First Report ◽  
Aquatic Fern

The aquatic fern Pilularia americana A. Braun is known from several countries in South and North America. Here we provide a first report of this species for Peru, from 2 localities in the Ancash and Ayacucho regions (central Peru), which confirm its presence in the national flora.

A NOTE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF COLEOPHORA FRISCHELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: COLEOPHORIDAE) IN NORTH AMERICA

1967 ◽  
Vol 99 (11) ◽  
pp. 1229-1229 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Pilley ◽  
R. A. Trieselmann
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
First Record ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sweet Clover ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
Melilotus Alba ◽  
St Lawrence River ◽  
Made In

The first record of the occurrence in North America of the white-tipped clover case-moth, Coleophora frischella L., was made in June 1966 when a single adult was taken by Heinemann on Picton Island, N.Y., in the St. Lawrence River (Freeman, personal communication). Independently, Trieselmann collected the larvae from white sweet-clover, Melilotus alba Desr., on 28 July through to 8 August 1966 at many points around Pembroke, Ont. Detailed examinations made at two of the collection points indicated that between 15 and 20% of sweetclover seeds were damaged. Because of its potential economic significance, the authors wish to make the presence of this species known to agricultural entomologists in Canada and the United States.

First record of Stenostomum sphagnetorum (Platyhelminthes, Catenulida) from India

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4816 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-396
Author(s):  
DAIZY BHARTI ◽  
FRANCISCO BRUSA ◽  
SANTOSH KUMAR ◽  
KAILASH CHANDRA
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Ganga River ◽  
Knowledge Gap ◽  
Free Living ◽  
First Report ◽  
The World

Catenulida are mostly inhabitants of freshwater ecosystems, like ponds, streams, though the marine species are few (Larsson and Willems, 2010). About 110 species of catenulids are known worldwide, with most of the studies conducted in South America (Marcus, 1945a, 1945b; Noreña et al., 2005), North America (Kepner and Carter 1931; Nuttycombe and Waters, 1938) and Scandinavian Peninsula (Luther, 1960, Larsson and Willems, 2010; Larsson et al., 2008). The diversity of catenulids from India has not been studied intensively; however some reports on other turbellaria exists for the country (Annandale, 1912; Whitehouse, 1913; Kapadia, 1947; Basil and Fernando, 1975; Apte and Pitale, 2011; Kalita and Goswami, 2012; Venkataraman et al., 2015). The genus Stenostomum, however, has been studied extensively around the world with identification of over 60 species (Tyler et al., 2006-2016). This is first report of the genus from India. The present study was part of the project to catalogue the diversity of free living protozoan ciliates from the Hooghly stretch of the Ganga River during which the flatworms were found. The worms were studied based on the live observations, with recognition of characters which led to its identification. This study serves to fill knowledge gap in the freshwater flatworms from India. 

Helminths of the vagrant shrew, Sorex vagrans, from western Montana, USA

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kinsella
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Helminth Species ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
First Report ◽  
Sorex Vagrans ◽  
First Time

AbstractA total of 19 helminth species (1 trematode, 11 cestodes, 7 nematodes) were collected from 45 vagrant shrews, Sorex vagrans (Mammalia, Soricidae), in western Montana, USA. One trematode (Brachylaima sp.), 2 cestodes (Paruterina candelabraria, Staphylocystoides longi), and 6 nematodes (Baruscapillaria rauschi, Eucoleus oesophagicola, Longistriata meylani, Paracrenosoma sp., Parastrongyloides winchesi, Pseudophysaloptera formosana) are reported for the first time from this host. Baruscapillaria rauschi n. comb. is proposed for Capillaria rauschi Read, 1949. This is the first record of merocercoids of P. candelabraria from a shrew, and the first report of the genus Paracrenosoma in North America.

Chloromyxum pristiophori, a New Species of Myxosporidia Parasitic in the Gall-Bladder of Pristiophorus cirratus (Saw-Shark)

Parasitology ◽  
1936 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violet Woolcock
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Gall Bladder ◽  
First Record ◽  
First Report ◽  
The Subject ◽  
A New Species

Within recent years a considerable amount of work has been done on the Myxosporidia, especially, as pointed out by Kudo (1919), in North America, Asia, and to a lesser degree in Japan (Fugita, 1912, 1913, 1925). Few investigations, however, have been carried out in Australia, and consequently very little is known concerning the distribution of the group in this country. There appear to be as yet only two contributions to the subject, papers by T. Harvey Johnston and M. J. Bancroft (1918, 1919). As far as can be ascertained, my paper is the first report concerning Myxosporidia from fishes of Southern Australian waters, and contains the first record of a species of Chloromyxum from Australia.

scholarly journals First record of Pilularia americana A. Braun (Polypodiidae, Salviniales, Marsileaceae) from Peru

Check List ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-322
Author(s):  
Blanca León ◽  
Hamilton Beltrán ◽  
Carlos Carrasco-Badajoz ◽  
Edwin Portal-Quicaña ◽  
Mariela Huaycha-Allcca
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
First Record ◽  
First Report ◽  
Aquatic Fern

The aquatic fern Pilularia americana A. Braun is known from several countries in South and North America. Here we provide a first report of this species for Peru, from 2 localities in the Ancash and Ayacucho regions (central Peru), which confirm its presence in the national flora.

First report of Strongygaster triangulifera (Diptera: Tachinidae) as a parasitoid of a cantharid beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 136 (5) ◽  
pp. 661-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.K. Reeves ◽  
J.E. O'Hara
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
First Record ◽  
First Report

Strongygaster (= Hyalomyodes) triangulifera (Loew) (Diptera: Tachinidae) is a small parasitic fly that is widely distributed in North America. It is most frequently reported as a parasitoid of adult Coleoptera, but there are scattered reports of parasitism within the Dermaptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, and Lepidoptera (Arnaud 1978; Purrington et al. 1990). Within the Coleoptera, species in the families Alleculidae, Bruchidae, Chrysomelidae, Cleridae, Coccinellidae, Curculionidae, Lampyridae, Meloidae, Nitidulidae, and Scarabaeidae have been reported as hosts (Gerding and Figueroa 1989; Purrington et al. 1990; Nalepa et al. 1996). This is the first record of S. triangulifera, and the first record of a tachinid, parasitizing a species of Cantharidae.

Gammarus lawrencianus (Amphipoda) as Intermediate Host of Echinorhynchus salmonis (Acanthocephala) in an Estuarine Environment

1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (10) ◽  
pp. 2182-2184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena N. Measures ◽  
Luci Bossé
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Estuarine Environment ◽  
Osmerus Mordax ◽  
Rainbow Smelt ◽  
First Report ◽  
St Lawrence River

Echinorhynchus salmonis (Acanthocephala) were found in the stomach of a rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax (Salmoniformes), collected at the confluence of the Aux-Outardes River and St. Lawrence River in Quebec. One acanthocephalan occupied the haemocoel of a recently ingested amphipod (Gammarus lawrencianus), while two other specimens were free in the stomach. This is the first report of G. lawrencianus, an estuarine amphipod, as intermediate host of E. salmonis. This is also the first report of transmission of E. salmonis in an estuarine environment in North America.

Early Maize in Northeastern North America: A Comment on Emerson and Colleagues

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-427
Author(s):  
John P. Hart ◽  
William A. Lovis ◽  
M. Anne Katzenberg
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Northeastern North America ◽  
Isotopic Evidence ◽  
St Lawrence River

Emerson and colleagues (2020) provide new isotopic evidence on directly dated human bone from the Greater Cahokia region. They conclude that maize was not adopted in the region prior to AD 900. Placing this result within the larger context of maize histories in northeastern North America, they suggest that evidence from the lower Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River valley for earlier maize is “enigmatic” and “perplexing.” Here, we review that evidence, accumulated over the course of several decades, and question why Emerson and colleagues felt the need to offer opinions on that evidence without providing any new contradictory empirical evidence for the region.

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