Stephanoprora uruguayense Holcman Spector et Olagüe, 1989 (Digenea, Echinostomatidae) from Patagonia, Argentina, and comments on species of Stephanoprora from birds of the Neotropical Region.

OSTROWSKI DE NÚÑEZ, M.,; FLORES, V. R.; VIOZZI, G. P.; KREITER, A.

ACTA PARASITOLOGICA

Copyright W. Stefanski Institute of Parasitology, Polish Parasitological Society, PAS

Lugar: Warzawa; Año: 2004 vol. 49 p. 292 - 299

1230-2821

Adults specimens of Stephanoporora uruguayense Holcman Spector et Olagüe, 1989 were obtained experimentally by infecting chicks with cysts from the gills of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) from the Andean Patagonian lakes. Specimens of this species were found in nature parasitising Larus dominicanus (Lichtenstein, 1823) in the same area. The species is redescribed and the validity of Stephanopora spp. from birds of South America as well as the status os Stephanoprora manei Holcman Spector et Olagüe, 1986 are discussed. Beaverostomum Gupta, 1963 is considered synonymy with synonymous with Stephanoprora Odhner, 1902. Stephanoprora dogieli Holcman Spector et Olagüe, 1989, S. podicipei Etchegoin et Martorelli, 1997 and S. denticulata described by Torres et al. 1983, are synonymysed with S. uruguayense.