A revision of the genus Neogrubea Dillon & Hargis, 1968 (Monogenea: Mazocraeidae): new morphological and molecular data from off the Patagonian coast of Argentina

JESUS HERNÁNDEZ ORTS; GEMA ALAMA-BERMEJO; ENRIQUE ALBERTO CRESPO; JUAN ANTONIO RAGA; FRANCISCO ESTEBAN MONTERO

SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY

SPRINGER

Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2014 p. 59 - 72

0165-5752

The genus Neogrubea Dillon & Hargis, 1968 (syn. Asymmetria Suriano, 1975) is revised based on examination of type- and voucher material, and from new specimens collected from the gills of Seriolella porosa Guichenot and Stromateus brasili- ensis Fowler from off Patagonia, Argentina. Morpho- logical comparisons based on light and scanning electron microscopy and molecular data (partial SSU and LSU rDNA sequences) of the monogeneans from off Patagonia suggest that N. seriolellae Dillon & Hargis, 1968 (syns N. stromateae Gibson, 1976, A. asymmetria Suriano, 1975 and A. platensis Rey & Meneses, 1985) is currently the only species of the genus. Neogrubea soni Evdokimova, 1969 is consid- ered a species inquirenda. An emended diagnosis of Neogrubea is presented, and new host and locality records for N. seriolellae are given in detail. Morphological characters of the members of the mazocraeid subfamily Grubeinae Price, 1961 are also discussed.