First record of Gordius albopunctatus Müller, 1927 in the Iberian Peninsula (Nematomorpha: Gordioida Rauther, 1930)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2021.v77.283Keywords:
Nematomorpha, Gordius, faunistics, Madrid, Spain, Iberian PeninsulaAbstract
Gordius albopunctatus Müller, 1927 (Gordioida) is reported for the first time from the Iberian Peninsula, based on one male and one female specimens collected in the Guadarrama Range (Madrid). This record is the southernmost of this species, notably expanding its known biogeographic range.
Downloads
References
Baker, G. H. 1985. Parasites of the millipede Ommatoiulus moreletii (Lucas) (Diplopoda: Iulidae) in Portugal, and their potential as biological control agents in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 33: 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9850023
De Villalobos, L. C., Ribera, I. & Bilton, D. T. 2001. First data of Iberian Nematomorpha, with redescription of Gordius aquaticus Linnaeus, G. plicatulus Heinze, Gordionus wolterstorffii (Camerano) and Paragordius tricuspidatus (Dufour). Contributions to Zoology, 70: 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-07002002
Gerlach, S. 1978. Nematomorpha. In: Illies, J. (Ed.). Limnofauna Europaea. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart: 50-53. Hanelt, B., Thomas, F. & Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2005. Biology of the Phylum Nematomorpha. Advances in Parasitology, 59: 243-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-308X(05)59004-3
Heinze, K. 1941. Saitenwürmer oder Gordioidea (Nematomorpha). In: Dahl, F. (Ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 39: 1-78. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
Sato, T., Arizono, M., Sone, R. & Harada, Y. 2008. Parasitemediated allochthonous input: Do hairworms enhance subsidized predation of stream salmonids on crickets? Canadian Journal of Zoology, 86: 231-235. https://doi.org/10.1139/Z07-135
Sato, T., Egusa, T., Fukushima, K., Oda, T., Ohte, N, Tokuchi, N., Watanabe, K., Kanaiwa, M., Murakami, I., Lafferty, K. D. 2012. Nematomorph parasites indirectly alter the food web and ecosystem function of streams through behavioural manipulation of their cricket hosts. Ecology Letters, 15: 786-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01798.x PMid:22583960
Sato, T., Watanabe, K., Kanaiwa, M., Niizuma, Y., Harada, Y. & Lafferty, K. D. 2011. Nematomorph parasites drive energy flow through a riparian ecosystem. Ecology, 92: 201-207. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1565.1 PMid:21560690
Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2010. Considerations on the genus Gordius (Nematomorpha, horsehair worms), with the description of seven new species. Zootaxa, 2533: 1-35. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2533.1.1
Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2013. Nematomorpha. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera. Vol. 1. Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha and Loricifera. De Gruyter, Berlin: 29-145. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272536 PMCid:PMC3329510
Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. & Cieslak, A. 2008. Three new species of Paragordionus and Gordionus (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) from Spain and Turkey, with comments on the taxon Semigordionus. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 105: 13-22.
Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. & Kristensen, P. 2006. Horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) from the Baltic island Bornholm (Denmark), with notes on the biology of Gordius albopunctatus. Journal of Natural History, 40 (9-10): 495-502. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930600761803
Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. & Martínez, J., 2016. Gordius gonzalezi, a new species of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) from Spain. Zootaxa, 4103(1): 63-67. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4103.1.6 PMid:27394614
Takimoto, G., Iwata, T. & Murakami, M., 2009. Timescale hierarchy determines the indirect effects of fluctuating subsidy inputs on in situ resources. The American Naturalist, 173(2): 200-211. https://doi.org/10.1086/595759 PMid:20374140
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2021 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
© CSIC. Manuscripts published in both the print and online versions of this journal are the property of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and quoting this source is a requirement for any partial or full reproduction.
All contents of this electronic edition, except where otherwise noted, are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. You may read the basic information and the legal text of the licence. The indication of the CC BY 4.0 licence must be expressly stated in this way when necessary.
Self-archiving in repositories, personal webpages or similar, of any version other than the final version of the work produced by the publisher, is not allowed.