Paranoplocephala omphalodes
Creators: name: Haukisalmi, Voitto
name: Henttonen, Heikki
name: Hardman, Lotta
name: Hardman, Michael
name: Laakkonen, Juha
name: Murueva, Galina
name: Niemimaa, Jukka
name: Shulunov, Stanislav
name: Vapalahti, Olli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Cestoda
Cyclophyllidea
Anoplocephalidae
Paranoplocephala
Paranoplocephala omphalodes

description: <i>Paranoplocephala</i> cf. <i>omphalodes</i> (Hermann, 1783) It has been recently shown that <i>P. omphalodes sensu stricto</i> is primarily a parasite of <i>Microtus agrestis</i> (L.) and <i>M. arvalis</i> (Pallas) in Europe and probably elsewhere in western Eurasia (Haukisalmi et al. 2004). There is another, rather host-specific species in <i>M. oeconomus</i> (i.e. <i>Paranoplocephala jarrelli</i> Haukisalmi, Henttonen &amp; Hardman, 2006) that occurs in the root/tundra vole throughout its Holarctic range. The <i>P. omphalodes</i> - like taxon occurring in the eastern Beringian endemic <i>Microtus miurus</i> Osgood is also specifically distinct (i.e. <i>Paranoplocephala batzlii</i> Haukisalmi, Henttonen &amp; Hardman, 2006; see Haukisalmi et al. 2006). The present molecular phylogenetic analysis shows unequivocally that the <i>P. omphalodes</i> -like cestodes in Buryatia do not represent the true <i>P. omphalodes</i> (Fig. 1). The Buryatian specimens form a monophyletic group that is sister to the divergent North Alaskan subclade of <i>P. jarrelli</i>. The topology and high statistical support of the tree suggests that these two clades are both independent species, forming a sister group for the true, Holarctic <i>P. jarrelli</i>. In the present material, the Buryatian <i>P.</i> cf. <i>omphalodes</i> occurred exclusively in <i>Microtus fortis</i> and <i>M. oeconomus</i>. <i>Paranoplocephala omphalodes</i> has earlier been report- ed from <i>M. maximowiczii</i>, <i>M. oeconomus</i>, <i>Myodes rufocanus</i> and <i>Apodemus peninsulae</i> in Buryatia and adjacent regions (Machul’skii 1958; Zhaltsanova 1992). The earlier Buryatian records of <i>P. omphalodes</i> from <i>Myodes rufocanus</i> probably represent another, recently described species (i.e. <i>Paranoplocephala buryatiensis</i> Haukisalmi, Hardman, Hardman, Laakkonen, Niemimaa &amp; Henttonen, 2006; see below). <i>Paranoplocephala</i> cf. <i>omphalodes</i> from Buryatia may be primarily associated with the Asian <i>Microtus</i> species, i.e. <i>M. fortis</i> and <i>M. maximowiczii</i>, because it is not known from <i>M. oeconomus</i> outside Buryatia. <i>Paranoplocephala</i> cf. <i>omphalodes</i> will be later described as a new species. <i>Paranoplocephala</i> cf. <i>omphalodes</i> was present in seven of the 12 study sites, highest prevalences being 20-23% (Table 1). Voucher specimen: MSB Endo 153 from <i>M. oeconomus</i> (Nizhnaya Ivolga).
description: Published as part of <i>Haukisalmi, Voitto, Henttonen, Heikki, Hardman, Lotta, Hardman, Michael, Laakkonen, Juha, Murueva, Galina, Niemimaa, Jukka, Shulunov, Stanislav &amp; Vapalahti, Olli, 2009, Review of tapeworms of rodents in the Republic of Buryatia, with emphasis on anoplocephalid cestodes, pp. 1-18 in ZooKeys 8 (8)</i> on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.8.58, http://zenodo.org/record/576440
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