PARASITE FAUNA OF Myodes glareolus FROM THE NATURAL RESERVE "PLAIUL FAGULUI" OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA.

Myodes glareolus is a forest species that can be met in woods, forest glades, in shrubs at the forest edge, in wet biotopes with tree and shrub vegetation. Parasitological investigations of the species revealed a prevalence of Plaghiorchis elegans with 13.8%, of Mesocestoides lineatus larvae - 14.0%, of Paranoplocephala omphaloides - 10.3%, of Rodentolepis straminea - 69.0%, of Hydatigera taeniaformis - 10.3%, of Catenotaenia cricetorum - 10.3%, of Skrjabinotaenia lobata - 10.3%, of Taenia pisiphormis - 13.7%, of Calodium hepaticum - 27.5%, of Syphacia stroma - 17.2%, of Syphacia obvelata - 24.1%, of Heligmosomoides polygirus - 10.0%, of Strongyloides ratti - 6.9%, of Mastophorus muris - 17.2% and of Trichocephalus muris with 17.2%. Taxonomically the parasite fauna is constituted from representatives of 4 classes, 12 families, 14 genera and 15 species. The diversity structure is formed by one parasite species from the class Trematoda (Plaghiorchis elegans), by 7 species from the class Cestoda (Skrjabinotaenia lobata, Catenotaenia cricetorum, Paranoplocephala omphaloides, Rodentolepis straminea, Hydatigera taeniaeformis, Taenia pisiformis, Mesocestoides lineatus), 5 species from the class Secernentea (Syphacia stroma, Syphacia obvelata, Heligmosomoides polygirus, Mastophorus muris, Strongyloides ratti) and 2 species from the class Adenophorea (Trichuris muris, Calodium hepaticum). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]