Digeneans and cestodes parasitic in the white-faced ibis Plegadis chihi (Aves: Threskiornithidae) from Argentina.
Some digeneans and cestodes parasitic in a population of the white-faced ibis Plegadis chihi (Vieillot) from Buenos Aires province, Argentina, are presented. The digeneans Dietziella egregia (Dietz, 1909), Patagifer bilobus (Rudolphi, 1819), Ascocotyle (Leighia) hadra Ostrowski de Nuñez, 1992 and Posthodiplostomum nanum Dubois, 1937 from the intestine; Prosthogonimus ovatus (Rudolphi, 1803) from the cloaca; Athesmia heterolecithodes (Braun, 1899) from the bile ducts and the cestode Hymenolepis megalops (Nitzsch in Creplin, 1829) from the cloaca, were recorded. The discovery of D. egregia, P. ovatus, A. heterolecithodes and P. nanum constitute new host and/or new geographical records. Adults of A. (L.) hadra, previously described in experimental definitive hosts, are first reported from a naturally infected bird. Hymenolepis megalops, a cestode of Anseriformes is first reported from Ciconiiformes.
Digiani
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MC
Departamento Cientifíco Zoología Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Argentina. cdigiani@netverk.com.ar
D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D006926:Hymenolepis / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*