2 NEW SPECIES OF PSEUDOTELORCHIS (DIGENEA, TELORCHIIDAE), PARASITES OF THE CAIMAN, CAIMAN-CROCODILUS-YACARE (REPTILIA, CROCODYLIA) FROM THEPANTANAL MATO-GROSSENSE, BRAZIL
Jb. Catto et Jfr. Amato, 2 NEW SPECIES OF PSEUDOTELORCHIS (DIGENEA, TELORCHIIDAE), PARASITES OF THE CAIMAN, CAIMAN-CROCODILUS-YACARE (REPTILIA, CROCODYLIA) FROM THEPANTANAL MATO-GROSSENSE, BRAZIL, Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 88(4), 1993, pp. 561-566
Pseudotelorchis caimanis n. sp. and P. yacarei n. sp. are described ba
sed on specimens collected from Caiman crocodilus yacare (Daudin) in t
he Pantanal Mato-grossense, Brazil. This is the first record of any sp
ecies of Telorchiidae Stunkard, 1924, parasitizing crocodilians. Pseud
otelorchis caimanis n. sp. differs from P. compactus, the only species
described in the genus with seminal receptacle, testes in tandem, and
genital pore lateral to acetabulum. Pseudotelorchis yacarei n. sp. di
ffers from the two other species for its body shape, for infecting the
intestine instead of the uterus, by having regularly disposed instead
of irregularly disposed uterine loops, and by having the vitelline gl
ands disposed in longitudinal lateral lines instead of in lateral bunc
hes.