PHILOPHTHALMUS-GRALLI (DIGENEA, PHILOPHTHALMIDAE) PARASITE OF ANAS-BAHAMENSIS AND AMAZONETTA-BRASILIENSIS, FROM LAGOONS OF MARICA-COUNTY, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Lc. Munizpereira et Sb. Amato, PHILOPHTHALMUS-GRALLI (DIGENEA, PHILOPHTHALMIDAE) PARASITE OF ANAS-BAHAMENSIS AND AMAZONETTA-BRASILIENSIS, FROM LAGOONS OF MARICA-COUNTY, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 88(4), 1993, pp. 567-569
Forty ducks, 18 Anas bahamensis (white-cheecked pintail) and 22 Amazon
etta brasiliensis (Brazilian duck) from Marica and Guarapina lagoons,
Marica, RJ. Brazil, were examined. The prevalence of Philophthalmus gr
alli in A. bahamensis was 22.2% and in A. brasiliensis was 27.27%. Thi
s is the first record of P. gralli in the Neotropical region, and A. b
ahamensis and A. brasiliensis are new host records for P. gralli.