[Microphallidae (Digenea) from southern Africa, parasites of Charadrii (Aves). Second note].
The authors present new geographical and diagnostic information for microphallids (Trematoda: Digenea) from the coast of Namibia (southern Africa): Maritrema eroliae Yamaguti, 1939 from Charadrius marginatus Vieillot; Odhneria odhneri Travassos, 1921 from Arenaria interpres L.; Microphallus bilobatus Cable, Connor & Balling, 1960 from C. marginatus; and Levinseniella propinqua Jägerskiöld, 1907 from C. marginatus and A. interpres. These are new geographical and host records. The position and variability of the phallus (male copulatory organ) in M. bilobatus from Namibia and in the type-species from the Caribbean Sea are compared and illustrated. The genital atria of L. propinqua from Namibia and from Marcus Island (southwest Cape Province, Southern Africa) are illustrated and compared. This species appears to be cosmopolitan.
Deblock
Stéphane
S
Faculté de Pharmacie, Parasitologie, BP 83, 59006 Lille cedex, France.
Canaris
Albert G
AG
Kinsella
John M
JM
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D009276:Namibia; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification