<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the framework of the biodiversity initiative and barcoding project “Austrian Barcode of Life” (ABOL) post mortem examinations of the gastro-intestinal tracts of different species of wild birds were carried out and several adult helminths were retrieved. In the gizzard of two barn owls (<italic>Tyto alba</italic>) and one common kestrel (<italic>Falco tinnuculus</italic>) acuariid nematodes belonging to the species <italic>Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps</italic> (Rudolphi, 1819) were discovered. This report illustrates the identification of this parasitic nematode by morphometric comparison and scanning electron microscopic photographs. Furthermore, genetic identification of individual parasites based on a fragment of the mitochondrial <italic>cytochrome c oxidase subunit I</italic> (COI) gene and the nuclear <italic>18S</italic> ribosomal RNA gene was carried out. This report constitutes the first COI-based DNA barcoding of <italic>S. (S.) laticeps</italic> and its first record in the barn owl (<italic>Tyto alba</italic>) in Austria.</p></abstract>

In the framework of the biodiversity initiative and barcoding project “Austrian Barcode of Life” (ABOL) post mortem examinations of the gastro-intestinal tracts of different species of wild birds were carried out and several adult helminths were retrieved. In the gizzard of two barn owls (Tyto alba) and one common kestrel (Falco tinnuculus) acuariid nematodes belonging to the species Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps (Rudolphi, 1819) were discovered. This report illustrates the identification of this parasitic nematode by morphometric comparison and scanning electron microscopic photographs. Furthermore, genetic identification of individual parasites based on a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene and the nuclear 18S ribosomal RNA gene was carried out. This report constitutes the first COI-based DNA barcoding of S. (S.) laticeps and its first record in the barn owl (Tyto alba) in Austria.

Morphological and molecular genetic analysis of <italic>Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps</italic> (Rudolphi, 1819) (Nematoda, Acuariidae) from the barn owl (<italic>Tyto alba</italic>) and the common kestrel (<italic>Falco tinnunculus</italic>) in Austria

Institute of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology

Helminthologia

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Morphological and molecular genetic analysis of  (Rudolphi, 1819) (Nematoda, Acuariidae) from the barn owl () and the common kestrel () in Austria

In the framework of the biodiversity initiative and barcoding project “Austrian Barcode of Life” (ABOL) post mortem examinations of the gastro-intestinal...

Morphological and molecular genetic analysis of Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps (Rudolphi, 1819) (Nematoda, Acuariidae) from the barn owl (Tyto alba) and the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in Austria

Published Online: Aug 02, 2017

Page range: 262 - 269

Received: Dec 21, 2016

Accepted: Apr 19, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0034

Keywords
Acuariidae, birds of prey, barn owl, morphology

© 2017 D. Ebmer et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Morphological and molecular genetic analysis of Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps (Rudolphi, 1819) (Nematoda, Acuariidae) from the barn owl (Tyto alba) and the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in Austria

Published Online: Aug 02, 2017

Page range: 262 - 269

Received: Dec 21, 2016

Accepted: Apr 19, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0034

KeywordsAcuariidae, birds of prey, barn owl, morphology

© 2017 D. Ebmer et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Acuariidae, birds of prey, barn owl, morphology