Digeneans and cestodes parasitic in the white-faced ibis Plegadis chihi (Aves: Threskiornithidae) from Argentina (original) (raw)

Folia Parasitologica 47[3] 195-204 (2000) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2000.037

1Departamento Cient�fico Zoolog�a Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, (1900) La Plata, Argentina

2Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient�ficas y T�cnicas (CONICET)

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 N�ñez, 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.

Keywords: Digenea, Cestoda, Plegadis chihi, Dietziella, Patagifer, Ascocotyle, Prosthogonimus, Athesmia, Posthodiplostomum, Hymenolepis, Argentina

Received: November 23, 1999; Accepted: March 31, 2000; Published: September 1, 2000 Show citation

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