title: Urogonimus macrostomus (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae) from the rustic bunting, Emberiza rustica, in Japan.
abstract: Some trematodes were found in the cloaca of a rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica) captured in Tsushima Islands, Japan. From their morphological characters and distribution, the flukes were identified as Urogonimus macrostomus. The phylogenetic relationship between this fluke and related species was inferred from the 28S rRNA gene sequences, and the gene sequence of the fluke was found to differ at only 4 nucleotide positions from that of U. macrostomus reported from Ukraine. This is the first report of this species in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Meguro Parasitological Museum, 4-1-1 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064, Japan. takashi.iwaki@nifty.com
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwaki
authors.forename: Munehiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Jyunya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakamori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D002988:Cloaca / Q000469:parasitology; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics; D007564:Japan; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D014200:Trematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S