Gryporhynchidae (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) in Mexico: species list, hosts, distribution and new records
Por:
Ortega-Olivares, MP, Garcia-Prieto, L, Garcia-Varela, M
Publicada:
12 may 2014
Resumen:
As a result of this study, 8 new host (Botaurus lentiginosus for
Glossocercus caribaensis and Valipora mutabilis; Egretta caerulea for
Valipora minuta; Egretta thula for Glossocercus cyprinodontis; Egretta
tricolor and Nycticorax nycticorax for Glossocercus caribaensis;
Pelecanus occidentalis and Platalea ajaja for Paradilepis caballeroi)
and 31 new locality records for gryporhynchid cestode species in Mexico
are presented. With these data, the total number of species of this
group of helminths in Mexico becomes 25 (19 named species and 6
unidentified taxa), which have been registered as parasites of fishes
(47 host species) and (or) birds (20 host species). This information
comes from 102 localities, pertaining to 20 of 32 Mexican states. Five
of the 25 taxa have been exclusivelly collected in fishes, 7 in
fish-eating birds, and 13 in both groups of hosts. The most frequent
metacestodes found in Mexican fishes are the merocercoids of Cyclustera
ralli, Valipora mutabilis, Parvitaenia cochlearii and Valipora
campylancristrota; in adult stage, Glossocercus caribaensis was the
species with the largest host spectrum, while Paradilepis caballeroi has
the widest distribution range. The work includes parasite/host lists, as
well as habitat, distribution, references and information on specimens'
deposition.
Filiaciones:
Ortega-Olivares, MP:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Zool, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Garcia-Prieto, L:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Zool, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Garcia-Varela, M:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Zool, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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