Taxonomic revision of the genus Glypthelmins Stafford, 1905 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea: Plagiorchiida), parasites of anurans in the Americas
Author
León, Pérez-Ponce De
text
Zootaxa
2008
1882
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45
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184219
43bdd1b2-1689-4c52-a26d-a1d9c20178e4
1175-5326
184219
Key to species of
Glypthelmins
1a. Ratio of body width/length larger than 7. Suctorial disc in ventral sucker present.................
G
.
intestinalis
1b. Ratio of body width/length smaller than 6. Suctorial disc in ventral sucker absent....................................2.
2a. Perypharyngeal glands present .......................................................................................................
G
.
quieta
2b. Perypharyngeal glands absent......................................................................................................................3.
3a. Ratio of oral sucker/ventral sucker length smaller than 1:0.6.....................................................................4.
3b. Ratio of oral sucker/ventral sucker length larger than 1:0.7........................................................................9.
4a. Pharynx width larger than ventral sucker width..........................................................................................5.
4a. Pharynx width equal or smaller than ventral sucker width..........................................................................8.
5a. Symmetrical testes ..............................................................................................................
G
.
californiensis
5b. Oblique testes...............................................................................................................................................6.
6a. Vitelline follicles confluent dorsally in the region between caecal bifurcation and ventral sucker ............... ................................................................................................................................................
G
.
tuxtlasensis
6b. Vitelline follicles confluent dorsally only at the level of testes...................................................................7.
7a. Uterine loops occupying the postcaecal space posteriorly to the end of body ................................
G
.
facioi
7b. Uterine loops occupying the intercaecal space posteriorly to the end of caeca...............................
G
.
parva
8a. Asymmetrical distribution of the 2 fields of vitelline follicles along the body ...................
G
.
brownorumae
8b. Symmetrical distribution of the 2 fields of vitelline follicles along the body ...............................
G
.
shastai
9a. Uterine loops between ventral sucker and testes region; extracaecal uterine loops along the body present.. .......................................................................................................................................
G
.
pennsylvaniensis
9b. Uterine loops between ventral sucker and testes region absent; extracaecal uterine loops along the body absent...........................................................................................................................................
G
.
hyloreus