Resumo
It is described Megathylacus travassosi sp. n., parasite of Pseudoplatystoma corrusccans (Agassiz,1829), a pimelodid fish caught in Itaipu reservoir and Paraná river, Brazil. Nomimoscolex sudobim Woodland, 1935 is redescribed and for the first time referred parasitising P. corruscans. The list of proteocephalid cestodes of genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker, 1862, with its geographic distribution is given.
Megathylacus travassosi; Pseudoplatystoma corruscans; Nomimoscolex sudobim; rio Paraná
Megathylacus travassosi; Pseudoplatystoma corruscans; Nomimoscolex sudobim; rio Paraná
Megathylacus travassosi sp. n. and Nomimoscolex sudobim Woodland, 1935 (Cestoda - Proteocephalidea) parasites of Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Agassiz, 1829) (Siluriformes - Pimelodidae) from the Itaipu reservoir and Parana River, Parana State, Brazil
Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli1
Amilcar Arandas Rego2
Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Departamento de Biologia, NUPELIA, Maringá, Brasil
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Helmintologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
It is described Megathylacus travassosi sp. n., parasite of Pseudoplatystoma corrusccans (Agassiz,1829), a pimelodid fish caught in Itaipu reservoir and Paraná river, Brazil. Nomimoscolex sudobim Woodland, 1935 is redescribed and for the first time referred parasitising P. corruscans. The list of proteocephalid cestodes of genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker, 1862, with its geographic distribution is given.
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