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Catatropis hatcheri

Description

Catatropis hatcheri Flores & Brugni, 2006

Hosts. Gallus gallus domesticus Linnaeus (Aves: Phasianidae) and Anas sp. (Aves: Anatidae) (experimental), Anas platyrhynchos L. (Aves: Anatidae) (natural).

Site of infection. Distal region of caeca.

Type locality. Argentina, Rio Negro Province, Lago Nahuel Huapí (40º48’S, 71º39’W).

Paratypes: MLP 5447, MLP 5448 (4 specimens from G. g. domesticus); MLP 5446 (4 specimens from Anas sp); MLP 5445 (1 natural specimen from A. platyrhynchos).

Remarks. Holotype in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, paratypes in Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (9 specimens), in the Colección Parasitológica del Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina (26 specimens) and in the British Museum (Natural History) Collection at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (6 specimens).

Reference. Flores & Brugni (2006).

Notes

Published as part of Lunaschi, Lia I., Álvarez, Victor Hugo Merlo & Damborenea, Cristina, 2012, Type material housed in the Helminthological Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 1-59 in Zootaxa 3199 on page 49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.208967

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Plagiorchiida
Family
Notocotylidae
Genus
Catatropis
Species
hatcheri
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Flores, V. R. & Brugni, N. (2006) Catatropis hatcheri n. sp. (Digenea: Notocotylidae) from Heleobia hatcheri (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae) and notes on its life - cycle in Patagonia, Argentina. Systematic Parasitology, 63, 111 - 118.