Transfer of the digenean Transversohelmins borneoensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1973 to the family Microphallidae

Authors
Deblock, S Pearson, JC
Citation
S. Deblock et Jc. Pearson, Transfer of the digenean Transversohelmins borneoensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1973 to the family Microphallidae, SYST PARAS, 44(1), 1999, pp. 75-78
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
01655752 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
75 - 78
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-5752(199909)44:1<75:TOTDTB>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Examination of the holotype and sole paratype of the digenean Transversohel mins borneoensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1973 revealed a copulatory apparatus of the 'elasmocotyle' type that is characteristic of the family Microphallida e and tribe Basantisiini. The genus is described and figured as far as the specimens allow; it does not match any of the other genera of the tribe (Mi crophalloides and Queenslandisia). Microphalloides ovariolobatus Ke, 1978 i s considered to be a synonym of the species T. borneoensis.