Digenea, Strigeidae, Australapatemon canadensis Dubois and Rausch, 1950: first record in South America and a new host record | Zendy

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Digenea, Strigeidae, Australapatemon canadensis Dubois and Rausch, 1950: first record in South America and a new host record

Author(s) -

Fabiana B. Drago,

Lía I. Lunaschi

Publication year - 2010

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/6.3.382

Subject(s) - digenea , anatidae , geography , host (biology) , ecology , biology , zoology , trematoda , helminths

Australapatemon canadensis Dubois and Rausch, 1950 (Digenea, Strigeidae) is reported parasitizing to Cygnus melancoryphus (Molina) (Anatidae) from Lacombe Lagoon, Buenos Aires Province and Pellegrini Lake Rio Negro Province, Argentina. This species is described and compared with related species. The finding of A. canadensis in C. melancoryphus in Argentina represents a new host record extending to South America the geographical distribution of this species.

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