Seven new species of cestode parasites (Neodermata, Platyhelminthes) from Australian birds Author Mariaux, Jean B97E611D-EC33-4858-A81C-3E656D0DA1E2 Natural History Museum of Geneva, CP 6434, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland. Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Boulevard d’Ivoy 4, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria. Author Georgiev, Boyko B. 88352C92-555A-444D-93F4-97F9A3AC2AEF bbg@ecolab.bas.bg text European Journal of Taxonomy 2018 2018-05-31 440 1 42 journal article 22133 10.5852/ejt.2018.440 1a75a03c-3b98-4f41-821d-10da4406d93e 3827554 DB80A42B-5C53-455B-86A4-2003D6F03522 Neoliga sp. Material examined AUSTRALIA : New South Wales , Sydney, 33.48′ S, 151°6′ E , 2005, Karie Rose leg., 1 spec. in two parts, rather good condition but no gravid proglottides, on same slide as type material of Notopentorchis musealis sp. nov. (AHC 36479); multiple small to minute fragments in bad condition, co-infection with Notopentorchis musealis sp. nov. (AHC 33108). Host Hirundapus caudacutus (Latham, 1801) ( Apodiformes , Apodidae ). Description The available material is not sufficient to allow for a full description. Scolex 310 in diameter. Suckers weak, oval, 205–220 in diameter. Rostellar pouch 250 × 125, weakly muscular. Rostellum 250 × 100, bearing an incomplete (14 hooks observed, likely> 20 when complete) double crown of subequal hooks, 46–49 long, with small epyphisis on guard. Genital pores alternating mostly regularly. Testes in single posterior field, in two layers, 23–27 in number. Cirrus-sac very large and strong, reaching antiporal excretory canals. Cirrus armed terminally. Vagina opening anteriorly (or dorsally) to cirrus-sac in a wellmarked ductus hermaphroditus connected to deep and wide atrium. Vagina dorsal to cirrus-sac strongly marked, terminating with characteristic sclerotized clamp [“dumb-bell organ”, see Bona (1994) , or “vaginal sclerites”, see Dimitrova et al. (2013) ]. Ovary central, deeply multilobulated, with digitiform lobes. Genital ducts dorsal to osmoregulatory canals. Young uterus saccular. Table 2. Comparison of Spiniglans beveridgei sp. nov. with the other species of the genus Spiniglans Yamaguti, 1959 .

Species	Host	Type locality	Scolex diameter	Suckers diameter	Rostellar sac	Rostellum	Hooks number	Anterior hooks length	Posterior hooks length	Testes number	Cirrus sac	Source
S. beveridgei sp. nov.	Corvidae	Australia	325–450	145–180	374–450 × 132–152	224–270 × 85–105	20–22	40.5–44	38.5–40.5	40–58	87–118 × 47–68	New data
S. affinis ( Krabbe, 1869 )	Corvidae	Ukraine	550	150	420 × 200	350 × 120	22	55–58	50–55	78–86	75–100 × 25–30	Salamatin (1999)
S. constricta (Molin, 1858)	Corvidae	Ukraine	330	120	250 × 134	200 × 120	20	40–41	36–37	38–49	60–80 × 30–35	Salamatin (1999)
S. corvi ( Joyeux et al ., 1937 )	Corvidae	Somalia	260	170	350–430 × 110	– × 160	22	43–45	–	32–35	140 × 50	Joyeux et al . (1937)
S. microsoma ( Southwell, 1922 ) (Type species)	Ploceidae , Emberizidae	India (Zoological Garden)	220	140	–	180 × 50	16–20	35	–	16–20	short and narrow	Southwell (1922)
S. pirinica ( Georgiev et al ., 1987 )	Corvidae	Bulgaria	312–406	114–175	344–456 × 144–206	262–368 × 87–125	20–22	67–73	61–68	39–61	85 × 110 × 32–45	Georgiev et al. (1987)
S. sharpiloi Kornyushin et al ., 2009	Corvidae	Ukraine	276–530	130–210	301–350 × 112–220	180–200 × 75–110	20–22	31–38	28–36	32–45	80–131 × 30–50	Kornyushin et al . (2009)

Remarks This material belongs to the genus Neoliga Singh, 1952 as defined by Bona (1994) , a genus specific to swifts and tree swifts ( Apodidae ) and known from Morocco to India , Java and Siberia. Four species are listed by Spasskaya & Spasskii (1977) , but the present material does not allow for a detailed comparison. There is no known species of this genus in Australia , but given the migratory pattern of the whitethroated needletail it is quite possible that parasites from Siberian hosts could be found in Australia . This confirms the prediction of Bona (1994) that the genus distribution is probably wider than presently known.