Proposed division of the genus Heterophyes Cobbold, 1865 (Trematoda : Heterophyidae).
A new genus, Alloheterophyes, is erected for Heterophyes chini Pearson & Pearson, 1983 and for H. superspinata Leonov & Belogurov, 1965, with which H. bitorquata Pearson & Pearson, 1983 is synonymised. New host and locality records are given. Alloheterophyes differs from Heterophyes in having: (i) a seminal vesicle of two tandem chambers, the distal with a thicker wall; (ii) a uterine seminal receptacle; (iii) an unspined genital atrium; (iv) an inflated, almost triangular excretory bladder; (v) a ventral sucker not close to the gut fork; (vi) the final loop of the uterus dextral to the gonotyl; and (vii) a clavate shape.
Pearson
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Department of Parasitology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia.
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D005260:Female; D006578:Heterophyidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*