Type material housed in the Helminthological Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Author Lunaschi, Lia I. Author Álvarez, Victor Hugo Merlo Author Damborenea, Cristina text Zootaxa 2012 3199 1 59 journal article 45396 10.5281/zenodo.208967 4c2f5f6a-ba43-47ca-8554-e17176773803 1175-5326 208967 Ascarophis patagonica Brugni & Viozzi, 2008 Type host. Galaxias platei Steindachner (Pisces: Galaxiidae ). Site of infection. Stomach. Type locality. Argentina , Rio Negro Province, Lago Moreno (41º05ʹS, 71º32ʹW). Paratypes : MLP 5756 (433, 4ƤƤ). Remarks. Holotype (3), allotype (Ƥ), and 10 paratypes (5ƤƤ, 533,) deposited in the Colección Nacional de Parasitología del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina ; 14 paratypes (7ƤƤ, 733) deposited in the Colección Parasitológica de la Universidad Nacional del Comahue, (Bariloche, Argentina ); 6 paratypes (3ƤƤ, 333) deposited in the United States National Parasite Collection, Beltsville, Maryland. Reference. Brugni & Viozzi (2008) . Genus Placonema Brugni, Viozzi, Fernández & Vega, 2009