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Rasa Binkiene
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May 1998 - present
May 1998 - present
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During investigation of common linnet (Linaria cannabina) blood using the buffy coat method one bird with microfilariae in the blood was found. The morphometric description of adult worms corresponded to the Chandlerella sinensis. This species was found for the first time in common linnets. DNA sequences of cox1 and 28S gene fragments of adult worm...
Rodentolepis ( sensu lato ) asymmetrica (Janicki, 1904) is redescribed on the basis of materials from Microtus agrestis , Microtus arvalis and Myodes glareolus from Eastern Europe (Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and the north-eastern part of Russia). A new genus, Kontrimavichusia n. g., is proposed for it based on morphological and mo...
Avian blood parasites are remarkably diverse and frequently occur in co-infections, which predominate in wildlife. This makes wildlife pathogen research challenging, particularly if they belong to closely related groups, resulting in diagnostic problems and poor knowledge about such infections as well as the patterns of their co-occurrence and inte...
This paper presents a review of host specificity among cestodes collected from Soricidae mammals in Europe and a revision of cestodes preserved in formalin in the collection of the East-Slovakian Museum in Košice. The morphological re-examination of cestodes showed that cestodes found in non-specific hosts (Soricidae and Talpidae) were identified i...
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Blood parasites have been the subject of much research, with numerous reports of the presence of microfilariae in the peripheral blood (circulating microfilariae) of birds belonging to many orders. Current limitations in molecular characterization methods and species identification using morphological characters of circulating microfilar...
A new species of Crenosoma Molin, 1861 is described from the lungs of the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx (L.) (Carnivora: Felidae). Crenosoma vismani n.sp. differs from other species of the genus in the morphology of the male copulatory organs (two ventral rays originating from a common stem; three lateral rays with common stem; gubernaculum 79–92 mkm lo...
Background:
Blood parasites belonging to the Apicomplexa, Trypanosomatidae and Filarioidea are widespread in birds and have been studied extensively. Microscopical examination (ME) of stained blood films remains the gold standard method for the detection of these infections in birds, particularly because co-infections predominate in wildlife. None...
We analyze the phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic status of hymenolepidid cestodes with rudimentary rostellum parasitic in Holarctic shrews of the genus Sorex. These cestodes were previously termed as a “Ditestolepis clade" and encompass 8 genera: Ditestolepis, Spasskylepis, Mathevolepis, Ecrinolepis, Spalania, Diorchilepis, Gulyaevilepis, No...
The cestode Hymenolepis erinacei is regarded as a widely distributed parasite in European hedgehogs of the genus Erinaceus , although the taxonomic position of this hymenolepidid has been debated for a considerable period of time. We present the first molecular data for this cestode, including partial DNA sequences of mitochondrial 16S and nuclear...
The structure and composition of the helminth fauna of Sorex araneus (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) in the European part of the species range are characterized. Ninety nine helminth species have been recorded in total, including 21 trematodes, 39 cestodes, 34 nematodes, 5 acanthocephalans. The high taxonomic diversity of helminths is due to the host's w...
Redescriptions of three species of Soricinia Spassky & Spasskaja, 1954 are provided. The type-species of the genus, Soricinia
soricis (Baer, 1925), is redescribed on the basis of the holotype from the Alpine shrew Sorex alpinus Schinz collected in Salève Mountain, France. Since the type-material of Soricinia
infirma (Żarnowski, 1955) has apparently...
Abstract Examination of specimens collected from water shrews Neomys fodiens in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, revealed a new species of Soricinia. Soricinia genovi n. sp., is described and the syntype of Soricinia globosa (the only other Soricinia species known from Neomys) is redescribed. The new species differs from S. globosa in the number of...
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Ribosomal DNA sequences of Rhipidocotyle sp. adults from Esox lucius were shown to be identical to sequences of larval Rhipidocotyle fennica, occurring in Anodonta anatina in Lake Vilkokšnis, Lithuania. Morphological features and host specificity of this adult worm correspond with that, det...
Soricinia tripartita Zarnowski, 1955 is redescribed on the basis of specimens from the type host Sorex araneus Linnaeus from Lithuania, Latvia and Russia (Republic of Karelia and Republic of Komi - a new geographical record) as well as from Sorex satunini Ognev and Sorex volnuchini Ognev from Russia (Nalchik Area in the Caucasus Mountains). The str...
Mathevolepis alpina sp. n. is described from an alpine shrew, Sorex alpinus, from the Carpathian Region of the Slovak Republic. The new species differs from other species of the genus by the morphology of the male copulatory apparatus, especially the cirrus, which is characterised by asymmetrical parabasal swelling. The new species represents the f...
The cestode fauna in shrews of the genus Sorex from the
European region consists of seventeen species. Twelve
cestode species have broad Palearctic distributions, three
belong to the Western-Asian–European faunistic complex,
and only two are endemic to the European zone. Postglacial
expansion into the European territory resulted in geographic
colon...
Neoskrjabinolepis (Neoskrjabinolepidoides) merkushevae sp. n. is described from the shrew Sorex minutus L. (type host) from Belarus. The new species is characterised by rostellar hooks 35-37 microm long, provided with small epiphyseal thickening of the handle; short (35-40 microm) cirrus consisting of a basal part with claw-shaped spines, a parabas...
Karyotypes of three dilepidid species: Molluscotaenia crassiscolex, Anomotaenia bacilligera and Dilepis undula, which have not been recorded previously, were studied using conventional Giemsa staining and comparative karyometric analysis. Twelve small biarmed chromosomes were observed in mitotic cells of M. crassiscolex, 16 biarmed chromosomes of g...
The helminth fauna and helminth infection in two species of Sorex shrews (S. Araneus and S. Minutus) were studied in various parts of Lithuania. Altogether 34 species of helminths, representing trematodes (5 species), cestodes (15) and nematodes (14), were recorded. The overall prevalence of infection of the common shrew (S. Araneus) was 92.1% and...
To study common mole (Talpa europaea L., 1758) infection with endoparasites 59 individuals trapped in five localities of Lithuania in 1999–2001 were examined. All common moles were examined by the method of total helminthological autopsy, skeletal muscles of 45 and brains of 25 animals being additionally studied by microscopic examination of staine...