Neotropical Monogenoidea. 39: a new species of Kritskyia (Dactylogyridae, Ancyrocephalinae) from the ureters and urinary bladder of Serrasalmus marginatus and S. spilopleura (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from southern Brazil with an emended generic diagnosis Walter A. BOEGER Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19073, Curitiba, PR 81531-990 (Brazil)
[email protected] Lucia K. TANAKA Gilberto C. PAVANELLI Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, NUPELIA, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Bloco G90, Maringá, PR 87020-90 (Brazil) Boeger W. A., Tanaka L. K. & Pavanelli G. C. 2001. — Neotropical Monogenoidea. 39: a new species of Kritskyia (Dactylogyridae, Ancyrocephalinae) from the ureters and urinary bladder of Serrasalmus marginatus and S. spilopleura (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from southern Brazil with an emended generic diagnosis. Zoosystema 23 (1) : 5-10. KEY WORDS Platyhelminthes, ABSTRACT Monogenea, Kritskyia annakohnae n. sp. (Dactylogyridae, Ancyrocephalinae) is described Monogenoidea, Dactylogyridae, from the ureters and urinary bladder of the piranhas, Serrasalmus marginatus Ancyrocephalinae, Valenciennes, 1836 and S. spilopleura Kner, 1858 (Characiformes, Kritskyia, Serrasalmidae) from the Rio Baia, Paraná, Brazil. The new species is character- Kritskyia annakohnae n. sp., Teleostei, ized by having a keel-like projection on the left margin of the trunk and an Serrasalmidae, accessory piece comprising two parallel subunits, proximally and distally Serrasalmus marginatus, Serrasalmus spilopleura, fused. An emended diagnosis of Kritskyia Kohn, 1990 is provided to accom- Rio Baia, modate the new species. Although previously suggested, Kritskyia is probably Paraná, not closely related to other Dactylogyridae lacking haptoral anchors and bars. Brazil, new species, Present knowledge on morphology and phylogeny indicates that the loss of parasitology.