Biodiversidade dos helmintos parasitos dos roedores simpátricos Oligoryzomys nigripes e Akodon spp. (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae), na Mata Atlântica, Teresópolis, RJ, Brasil

Abstract

The objective of this study was to describe the composition and structure of helminthes community comparing the helminthes community component and infracommunity from sympatric rodents Akodon spp. and Oligoryzomys nigripes in the Atlantic Forest and in the different fragments size and the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (PARNA SO reserve. One hundred and fifty-six specimens of Akodon spp. and fifty-seven of Oligoryzomys nigripes were collected in Teresópolis, being 38 rodents in 4 small fragments (30 Akodon spp. and 8 O. nigripes), 58 in 4 medium fragments (43 Akodon spp. and 15 O. nigripes), 87 in 4 large fragments (67 Akodon spp. and 20 O. nigripes) and 30 in PARNASO (16 Akodon spp. e 14 O. nigripes). The stydy was done for two years (2004- 2005). The animals were necropsied and the viscera and cavities examined to helminthes parasites. A total of eighteen helminthes species were collected: 15 from Akodon spp. and12 from O. nigripes. Nine species were common for both rodents. The rodent Akodon spp. showed a higher richness than O. nigripes. A low degree of similarity between the helminthes infracommunities from Akodon spp. and O. nigripes was detected, although these rodents species live in coexistence. The terrestrial and arboreal behavior of O. nigripes and terrestrial behavior of Akodon spp. would determine this difference between both parasite communities. Probably, with the share of soil resource boths species of rodents could disseminate or be infected by the parasite. The prevalence of Stilestrongylus aculeata and mean abundance for Stilestrongylus eta increased, respectively, in small, medium and large fragments in Akodon spp.. The rodent O. nigripes showed high prevalence rate and mean abundance values for Stilestongylus lanfrediae (over 86%) regardless of the fragments size studied. The difference in mean richness for Akodon spp. and O. nigripes in different fragments size and PARNASO were not significant. There were variations between the helminthes infracommunities for the two species of rodent in different fragments size and PARNASO. These differences may also be related to the environmental changes that can produce both positive and negative effects on the transmission of helminthes parasites.