title: New data on species of Demidospermus (Dactylogyridae: Monogenea) parasitizing fishes from the reservoir of the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Station, Paraná State, Brazil, with new synonymies.
abstract: Eight known species of Demidospermus (Dactylogyridae, Monogenea) were collected from siluriform fishes from reservoir of the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Station, Paraná, Brazil. Four of them are recorded for the first time in Brazil, enlarging their geographical distribution: Demidospermus armostus, Demidospermus anus, Demidospermus bidiverticulatum and Demidospermus valenciennesi. Demidospermus labrosi is synonymized with Demidospermus cornicinus and Demidospermus mandi with Demidospermus leptosynophallus and reported from two new hosts. Demidospermus paravalenciennesi and Demidospermus uncusvalidus were also collected.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. scohen@ioc.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Simone C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kohn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002397:Catfishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011210:Power Plants