A new species of Paracreptotrema (Digenea, Plagiorchiformes, Allocreadiidae) infecting two species of poeciliids in Río Malila of the Río Pánuco basin, Hidalgo, México, with a key to the species of the genus

Bautista-Hernandez, C.E. (Christian E.); Monks, S. (Scott); Pulido-Flores, G. (Griselda); Miranda-Ferreiro, R. (Rafael)

Authors:

Bautista-Hernandez, C.E. (Christian E.)

Monks, S. (Scott)

Pulido-Flores, G. (Griselda)

Miranda-Ferreiro, R. (Rafael)

Keywords:

Paracreptotrema
Xiphophorus malinche
Helminth parasite
Endemic species
Key
Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la vida::Biología

Issue Date:

2015

Publisher:

Pensoft Publishers

ISSN:

1313-2970

Note:

This article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0)

Citation:

Bautista-Hernández CE, Monks S, Pulido-Flores G, Miranda R. A new species of Paracreptotrema (Digenea, Plagiorchiformes, Allocreadiidae) infecting two species of poeciliids in Río Malila of the Río Pánuco basin, Hidalgo, México, with a key to the species of the genus. Zookeys Feb 2015;16(482):55-66

Abstract

Paracreptotrema rosenthali sp. n. was discovered in the intestine of Xiphophorus malinche and Pseudoxiphophorus jonesii, collected from the headwaters of Río Malila, tributary of Río Conzintla, in the Río Pánuco basin, Hidalgo, México, during 2008–2009. The new species differs from the five known species of Paracreptotrema Choudhury, Pérez-Ponce de León, Brooks & Daverdin, 2006 by having vitelline follicles that extend from a level anterior to the pharynx to mid-testes, the seminal vesicle which is more extensively folded, and a wider cirrus sac. The new species resembles P. heterandriae in the length of its ceca, which surpasses the posterior margin of the ovary but do not reach the testes. A key to the species of Paracreptotrema is provided.

URI:

https://hdl.handle.net/10171/38373

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.482.8144

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