Megathylacus travassosi sp. n. e Nomimoscolex sudobim Woodland, 1935 (Cestoda - Proteocephalidea) parasitos de Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Agassiz, 1829) (Siluriformes - Pimelodidae ) do reservatório de Itaipu e Rio Paraná, PR, Brasil)

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

Megathylacus travassosi; Pseudoplatystoma corruscans; Nomimoscolex sudobim; rio Paraná

ABSTRACT

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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Datas de Publicação

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  15 Jun 2009
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