CESTODES (CARYOPHYLLIDEA) OF THE STINGING CATFISH HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS (SILURIFORMES: HETEROPNEUSTIDAE) FROM ASIA

0365219 - BC 2012 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Ash, Anirban - Scholz, Tomáš - Oros, M. - Levron, Céline - Kar, P. K.
CESTODES (CARYOPHYLLIDEA) OF THE STINGING CATFISH HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS (SILURIFORMES: HETEROPNEUSTIDAE) FROM ASIA.
Journal of Parasitology. Roč. 97, č. 5 (2011), s. 899-907. ISSN 0022-3395. E-ISSN 1937-2345
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Keywords : Cestoda * Indomalayan zoogeographical region * redescription
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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The stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch) (Siluriformes: Heteropneustidae) has been reported to harbor as many as 19 species of caryophyllidean tapeworms (Cestoda) of 11 genera in tropical Asia. However, a critical review of the species composition has shown that only 1 species, Lucknowia fossilisi Gupta, 1961 (Lytocestidae), is a specific parasite of H. fossilis. Three other species, Djombangia penetrans Bovien, 1926 (syn., Djombangia caballeroi Sahay and Sahay, 1977), Pseudocaryophyllaeus ritai Gupta and Singh, 1983 (syn. Pseudocaryophyllaeus lucknowensis Gupta and Sinha, 1984), and Pseudocaryophyllaeus tenuicollis (Bovien, 1926) Ash, Scholz, Oros and Kar, 2011 (syn. P. mackiewiczi Gupta and Parmar, 1982), were found only once. Lucknowia fossilisi is redescribed on the basis of new material collected in West Bengal and voucher specimens from Maharashtra, India. A total of 9 species are newly synonymized with L. fossilisi.
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