Indopolystoma n. gen. (Monogenea, Polystomatidae) with the description of three new species and reassignment of eight known Polystoma species from Asian frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae)
Author
Chaabane, Amira
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Private Bag X 6001,
Author
Verneau, Olivier
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Private Bag X 6001, & University of Perpignan Via Domitia, Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditerranéens, & CNRS, Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditerranéens, UMR 5110, 66860 Perpignan, France
Author
Preez, Louis Du
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Private Bag X 6001, & South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, 6140 Grahamstown, South Africa
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Parasite
2019
Paris, France
2019-11-20
26
67
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019067
journal article
10.1051/parasite/2019067
1776-1042
PMC6865761
31746733
12524337
71763E07-E6BC-4FB7-94B0-03132D46FFAF
Indopolystoma rhacophori
(Yamaguti, 1936)
n. comb.
(
Table 4
)
Synonym:
Polystoma rhacophori
Yamaguti, 1936
[
53
].
Type-host:
Rhacophorus schlegelii
var.
arborea
Okada. Now
Zhangixalus arboreus
(Okada and Kawano)
[
21
].
Site: Bladder.
Type-locality: Kurama, near
Kyoto
,
Japan
.
Remarks: Although the author of the original description did not draw the marginal hooklets [
53
], the general morphology of this species, including hamuli shape (unbranched), is consistent with the diagnosis of
Indopolystoma
. The haptor/ total body length ratio of about 0.18 is bigger than that of any other
Indopolystoma
spp.
with the exception of
I. zuoi
(Shen, Wang & Fan, 2013)
n. comb.
As discussed earlier for
I. elongatum
, which infests the same host, we consider for now that both
I. elongatum
and
I. rhacophori
are two separate species primarily on the basis of body length and haptor/ total body length ratio.