New records and a checklist of trematodes from Butorides striata (Aves: Ardeidae)

Authors

  • Hudson Alves Pinto
  • Vítor Luís Tenório Mati
  • Alan Lane de Melo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.34431

Keywords:

Brazil, Clinostomidae, Digenea, Diplostomidae, Heterophyidae, Prosthogonimidae, trematodes.

Abstract

Seven species of trematodes were identified during the study of helminths found in Butorides striata
(Linnaeus, 1758) from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Ascocotyle (Phagicola) angrense (Travassos, 1916),
Ascocotyle (Phagicola) pindoramensis (Travassos, 1928), Centrocestus formosanus (Nishigori, 1924), Clinostomum
heluans Braun, 1899, Clinostomum marginatum (Rudolphi, 1819), Posthodiplostomum nanum Dubois, 1937,
and Prosthogonimus ovatus (Rudolphi, 1803). Butorides striata is a new host for C. heluans, P. ovatus, A. (P.)
pindoramensis, and C. formosanus. This last species is reported for the first time in a naturally infected definitive
host in South America. Additionally, an updated checklist with 31 species of trematodes already reported in B. striata
is presented.

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Published

2013-11-28

How to Cite

Pinto, H. A., Mati, V. L. T., & Melo, A. L. de. (2013). New records and a checklist of trematodes from Butorides striata (Aves: Ardeidae). Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad, 84(4). https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.34431

Issue

Vol. 84 No. 4 (2013): diciembre

Section

TAXONOMÍA Y SISTEMÁTICA