Identification of a new species of digenean Notocotylus
malhamensis n. sp. (Digenea: Notocotylidae) from the bank
vole (Myodes glareolus) and the field vole (Microtus agrestis)

Boyce, K; Hide, G; Craig, PS; Harris, PD; Reynolds, C; Pickles, A; Rogan, MT

doi:10.1017/S0031182012000911

Identification of a new species of digenean Notocotylus
malhamensis n. sp. (Digenea: Notocotylidae) from the bank
vole (Myodes glareolus) and the field vole (Microtus agrestis)

Boyce, K; Hide, G; Craig, PS; Harris, PD; Reynolds, C; Pickles, A; Rogan, MT

Authors

K Boyce

Prof Geoff Hide G.Hide@salford.ac.uk
Professor

PS Craig

PD Harris

C Reynolds

A Pickles

MT Rogan

Abstract

Notocotylus malhamensis n. sp. is described from the caecum of the bank vole (Myodes glareolus) and the field vole (Microtus
agrestis) from Malham Tarn Nature Reserve in North Yorkshire, UK. In total, 581 specimens were collected from rodents
trapped at a wetland site (Tarn Fen) between July 2010 and October 2011 with a prevalence of 66·7% and mean intensity of
94·6 in the bank vole and 50% prevalence and a mean intensity of 4·3 in the field vole. This species appears to be most closely
related to other previously described Notocotylus species infecting rodents in Europe but differs principally by the
metraterm to cirrus sac ratio (1:1·5–1:1·2) in combination with a densely spinulated cirrus, simple caeca and a greater
number of ventral glands in the lateral rows (14–17). The use of molecular differentiationwas of limited use in this study due
to a paucity of relevant information in the DNA sequence databases. However, the complete ITS1-5.8S rDNA-ITS2 and
partial 28S gene sequences have been generated to provide a definitive tool for identification of this species in future studies.
As far as we know this is the first report of a notocotylid infection in M. glareolus in the UK.

Citation

vole (Myodes glareolus) and the field vole (Microtus agrestis). Parasitology, 139(12), 1630-1639. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182012000911

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	Jul 19, 2012
Publication Date	Jul 19, 2012
Deposit Date	Sep 11, 2012
Journal	Parasitology
Print ISSN	0031-1820
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	139
Issue	12
Pages	1630-1639
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182012000911
Publisher URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182012000911
Related Public URLs	https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology