Diandrya Explained

Diandrya is a genus of cestode parasites that are known from marmots (Marmota spp.) in North America. The species Diandrya composita, described along with the genus by J. G. Darrah in 1930, is known from all North American marmots except the woodchuck (M. monax). The species D. vancouverensis, described by T. F. Mace and C. D. Shepard in 1981, is only known from the Vancouver Island marmot (M. vancouverensis), an island endemic on Vancouver Island.[1] [2] Subsequent research confirmed D. vancouverensis to be genetically unique from D. composita.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Marmota vancouverensis. 270. 27 February 1987. Mammalian Species. 1–5. D. W.. Nagorsen. American Society of Mammalogists. 10.2307/3503862. 3503862.
  2. Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash.. 47. 2. 1980. 157–164. Redescription of Diandrya composita Darrah, 1930 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Nearctic Marmots (Rodentia: Sciuridae) and the Relationships of the Genus Diandrya emend.. R. L.. Rausch. 0018-0130.
  3. Barrera . McIntyre A. . Janes . Jasmine K. . Gorrell . Jamieson C. . 2022-12-01 . Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of two enteric helminth parasites (Baylisascaris laevis and Diandrya vancouverensis) in the Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) . International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife . en . 19 . 301–310 . 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.11.006 . 36438195 . 9691466 . 2213-2244.

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