Protozoan parasites of Musca domestica Linnaeus (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE) from Lima. Two new records in Peru

Authors

  • Martín Cárdenas Laboratorio de Parasitología General. Fac. Ciencias Biológicas. UNMSM. Av. Venezuela cuadra 34 s/n, Lima. Perú.
  • Rosa Martínez Laboratorio de Parasitología General. Fac. Ciencias Biológicas. UNMSM. Av. Venezuela cuadra 34 s/n, Lima. Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v8i1.6478

Keywords:

Herpetomonas muscarum, Octosporea muscaedomesticae, Musca domestica, parasites.

Abstract

The goal of this research was to increase the knowledge of two parasitic protozoa: Herpetomonas muscarum (Leidy, 1856) Ken, 1880 and Octosporea muscaedomesticae Flu, 1911, in Musca domestica. Both represent new records in Peru. The H. muscarum leptomonad are 36 µ long and are larger than the ones cited by other authors. O. muscadomesticae presents large and plasmodial forms slightly larger than the ones studied by Bulnheim & Vávra (1998). In the M. domestica group surveyed, we determined a significant percentage of H. muscarum (54,0%) and O. muscadomesticae (27,0%).

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Published

06/18/2001

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2001)

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Copyright (c) 2001 Martín Cárdenas, Rosa Martínez

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How to Cite

Cárdenas, Martín, and Rosa Martínez. 2001. “Protozoan Parasites of Musca Domestica Linnaeus (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE) from Lima. Two New Records in Peru”. Revista Peruana De Biología 8 (1): 15-22. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v8i1.6478.