Morphological Characteristics of Normal and Gynandromorphic Hyalomma asiaticum Schulze and Schlottke, 1930.
10.3347/kjp.2015.53.3.361
- Author:
Ze CHEN
1
;
You Quan LI
;
Qiao Yun REN
;
Jin LUO
;
Yonghong HU
;
Kai LI
;
Guang Yuan LIU
;
Jian Xun LUO
;
Jingze LIU
;
Hong YIN
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Grazing Animal Diseases MOA, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, China. yinhong@caas.cn
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Hyalomma asiaticum;
gynandromorphism;
normal population
- MeSH:
Animals;
Chimera/*anatomy & histology/genetics;
China;
Female;
Ixodidae/*anatomy & histology/genetics;
Male;
Sheep;
Sheep Diseases/*parasitology;
Tick Infestations/parasitology/*veterinary
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2015;53(3):361-364
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Gynandromorphic ticks are extremely rare, and often attract parasitologists' attention. During our examination of tick specimens, an engorged gynandromorph of Hyalomma asiaticum was noticed. This is the first record of gynandromorphic ticks from China. In this study, several important morphological structures of normal and gynandromorphic H. asiaticum were analyzed. Comparing to the normal H. asiaticum, the gynandromorphic specimen was a typical bipartite protogynander. Its right side showed normal female characteristics, whereas the left side had normal male traits. Different from other gynandromorphic ticks containing 1 anus, this tick reported here had 2 complete anuses, and the anus of the male part had a single adanal plate.
