Schizamphistomoides prescotti n. sp. (Trematoda : Paramphistomidae) from Hardella thurgi (Gray)

Examination of amphistomes (Trematoda : Paramphistomidae) of some African mammals.

Les auteurs donnent la liste des diverses espèces d'amphistomes recueillies dans l'estomac d'éléphants, d'hippopotames et de divers ruminants de pays d'Afrique centrale (Tchad, Cameroun, Centrafrique) du Niger, du Congo et de l'Ethiopie, dont certaines font l'obJet d'une étude histologique détaillée. Ils donnent également des précisions sur les hôtes nouveaux ainsi que sur leur répartition géog...

The life history of Echinostoma paraensei sp. n. (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae).

The life history of Echinostoma paraensei, a new Brazilian species with 37 collar spines, has been completed experimentally. The planorbid snail Biomphalaria glabrata serves as first intermediate host, and intramolluscan stages also develop in Physa rivalis. Sporocysts usually develop in the heart. Rediae are of two types, distinguishable by large or small pharynges. Cercariae released 25 or mo...

Phyllodistomum funduli n. sp. (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae) from Fundulus sciadicus Cope from Cedar Creek in western Nebraska.

Phyllodistomum funduli n. sp. is described from the urinary bladder and ureters of the plains topminnow, Fundulus sciadicus, from Cedar Creek in Keith County, Nebraska (41 degrees 11.18'N, 101 degrees 21.77'W). Phyllodistomum funduli differs from most other Phyllodistomum species reported in possessing an oral sucker that is larger than the acetabulum. Currently, 7 other species of Phyllodistom...

Notocotylus loeiensis n. sp. (Trematoda: Notocotylidae) from Rattus losea (Rodentia: Muridae) in Thailand

Notocotylus loeiensis n. sp. (Trematoda: Notocotylidae) is described from the cecum of the lesser rice field rat (Rattus losea), from Loei Province in Thailand with a prevalence of 9.1% (eight of 88 rats infected). The new species differs from previously described Notocotylus species mainly by the extreme prebifurcal position of the genital pore and the number of ventral papillae. This is the f...

Gyrodactylus eucaliae n. sp. (Trematoda: Monogenea) from the brook stickleback, Eucalia inconstans.