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Notocotylus biomphalariae

Description

Notocotylus biomphalariae Flores & Brugni, 2005

Type host. Anas sp. and Gallus gallus domesticus Linnaeus (both experimental).

Site of infection. Distal region of caeca.

Type locality. Argentina, Rio Negro Province, Fantasma Pond (41º03ʹS, 71º23ʹW).

Paratypes: MLP 5401 (3 specimens), MLP 5402 (rediae), MLP 5403 (cercariae).

Remarks. Holotype and paratypes (3) deposited in the Colección Nacional de Parasitología in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Two paratypes deposited in the Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Six paratypes deposited in the Colección Parasitológica del Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.

Reference. Flores & Brugni (2005).

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 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.208967

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References

  • Flores, V. R. & Brugni, N. (2005) Notocotylus biomphalariae n. sp. (Digenea: Notocotylidae) from Biomphalaria peregrina (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Patagonia, Argentina. Systematic Parasitology, 61, 207 - 214.