Molecular characterization of Thelastomatoidea (Nematoda: Oxyurida) from cockroaches in Australia

Abstract

A molecular approach was used to genetically characterize 5 species (Aoruroides queenslandensis, Blattophila sphaerolaima, Cordonicola gibsoni, Desmicola ornata and Leidynemella fusiformis) belonging to the superfamily Thelastomatoidea (Nematoda: Oxyurida), a group of pinworms that parasitizes terrestrial arthropods. The D3 domain of the large subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA (LSU) was sequenced for individual specimens, and the analysis of the sequence data allowed the genetic relationships of the 5 species to be studied Nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper are available in the GenBank®, EMBL and DDBJ databases under the Accession numbers: AM232755-AM232763.. The sequence variati..