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Helmintholagy and All Branches of Parasitology I ;\ Supported in Part by the '• Tf Brayton H. Ransom Memorial Trust Fund ': ' ^\l journal of research devoted to • './-,• ••' * , Helmintholagy and all branches of Parasitology I ;\ Supported in part by the '• tf Brayton H. Ransom Memorial Trust Fund ': '' '.CONTENTS ' -\l'. '\il'; PAYNE, RAPHAEL R. Two New Monogenea (Macrovalvitrematidae) from Eastern ' Pacific Qceari Fishes ^ .-. ....... ..........:,. :_ L. 169 KRITSKY, D. C., S.-D. KULO,,AND W. A. BOEGER. Resurrection of Characidotrema 1 Paperna and Thurstbn, 1968,(Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) with Description of Two New Species from Togo, Africa J. ., 175 BENZ,>GEORGE W. Dermophthirius penneri sp. n. (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) an . Ectoparasite of Carcharhinid Sharks, Carchdrhinus brevipinna and Carcharhinus limhatus ...'.,..: •. ~.:T- ;.,.. '. :....;..... , .\.... 185 FONT, WILLIAM F. Partial Life Cycle and Fish Hosts of Bplbogonotylus corkurm:gen. • et sp. n. and Cryptogonimus chyli (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) in Wisconsin ........ 191 BEVERLEY-BURTON, M. Ophioxenos microphdgus^(Ingles, 1936) comb. n. (Digenea: Paramphistomidae) from Ectptherms in Western North America,w|ith Comments on Host-Parasite Relationships , .;..... , ..1......... 197 HUEHNER, MARTIN K. Aspidogastrid and'Digenetic Tremat^de Single and Double ' ; Infections in the Gastropod, Elimia livescens, from the Upper Cuyahoga River ..... 200 BOISVENUE, R.'J^AND J. C. HENDRix. Studies on the Location of Adult Fringed .Tapeworms, Thysanosoma actinioides, in Fepder Lambs ........: 204 AUGUSTINE,:?. C. AND H.;D. DANFORTH. Use of Monoclonal Antibodies to Study Surface Antigens of Eimeria Sporozbites / .1 207 KREGEK, R. C., R. M.\SAYRE, H. J;.ELS, J. P. VAN NIEKERK, AND F. S. MALAN. Fine Structure of a Bacterial Community Associated with Cyathostomesi(Nematoda:. ; Strongylidae) of Zebras : ........nv....^.. i......L._ Z.... _m.i..>.....:...!, 212 ADAMSON, MARTIN L. AND ABDUL K. NASHER. Hammerschmidi}ella andersoni'sp., n. (Thelastomatidae: Oxy.urida) from the Diplopod,' AKhispirostreptus; tumuli-^ ; poms, in Saudi Arabia with Comments on the Karyotype of-Hammerschmidtiella <- \diesingi 1 .'... ^ ......,....:...:.....:..„ 220 !; .-•-•• . •;.--" (Continued on Outside Back Cover) Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON THE SOCIETY meets once a month from October through May for the presentation and discussion of papers in any and all branches of parasitology or related sciences. All interested persons are invited to attend. C Persons interested in membership in the Helminthological Society of Washington may obtain .application blanks in recent issues of THE PROCEEDINGS. 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Wash. 54(2), 1987, pp. 169-174 Two New Monogenea (Macrovalvitrematidae) from Eastern Pacific Ocean Fishes1 RAPHAEL R. PAYNE2 Harold W. Manter Laboratory, University of Nebraska State Museum and School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514 ABSTRACT: Llewellyn's nomenclature for Diclidophoridae clamp sclerites is modified for Macrovalvitrematidae. Papillopseudotagia hubbsi gen. et sp. n. (Monogenea: Macrovalvitrematidae: Macrovalvitrematinae) from gills of Citharichthys sordidus (Bothidae) from the Pacific Ocean off Monterey Bay, California is described. Papil- lopseudotagia gen. n. differs from previously described genera of its subfamily in having short-stalked, sub- spherical to concave papillae on the ventral jaw tegument of the 3 posterior pairs of haptoral clamps; in details of clamp morphology, presence of proximally oblique sclerite b; and in ordinal host status. Pseudohargisia cortesi gen. et sp. n. (Pterinotrematoidinae) from gills ofMicropogon megalops (Sciaenidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico, is described. Pseudohargisia gen. n. differs from previously described genera in its subfamily in details of clamp morphology, presence of oblique transverse sclerite b in posterior clamp pair, and in having 8-9 genital corona spines. The diagnosis of Pterinotrematoidinae is emended to include a genital corona with circlet of similar spines, or 2 lateral groups of dissimilar spines. KEY WORDS: Macrovalvitrematinae, Pterinotrematiodinae, Papillopseudotagia hubbsi gen. et sp. n., Pseu- dohargisia cortesi gen. et sp. n., central California, Gulf of California, Citharichthys sordidus, Micropogon megalops. Bravo-Hollis (1982) reviewed Macrovalvitre- Parasitology, University of Nebraska State Museum, matidae Yamaguti, 1963, and recognized 2 Lincoln; the balance of the specimens are in the au- subfamilies and 8 monotypic genera. Most of the thor's collection. species are restricted to sciaenid fishes inhabiting temperate and subtropical waters of the Western Results Hemisphere. This report describes 2 new genera Macrovalvitrematidae Yamaguti, 1963 and species from gills of fishes collected from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Macrovalvitrematinae Yamaguti, 1963 Papillopseudotagia gen. n. Materials and Methods GENERIC DIAGNOSIS: Body elongate, subcy- Fishes were collected by hook and line or otter trawl lindrical. Haptor bearing 4 pairs asymmetrical from localities along the central California coast and in the Gulf of California between 1967 and 1968. Im- oval clamps with opposable jaws; anterior pair mediately after capture, gills were removed and ex- reversed dorsoventrally. Clamps composed 10 amined with a dissecting microscope. Monogeneans sclerites; dorsal jaw with 1 proximal, 1 median, were fixed in AFA (alcohol-formalin-acetic acid) un- and 5 peripheral sclerites; ventral jaw with 1 der slight coverglass pressure, and stored in 70% eth- anol. In the laboratory, specimens were hydrated and proximal oblique, and 2 peripheral sclerites. Pa- then stained with Van Cleave's hematoxylin, dehy- pillae present on tegument ventral jaws. Tegu- drated, cleared in methyl benzoate, and mounted in mental bars present on dorsal and ventral jaws. Permount. Observations were made using standard light Terminal lappet with marginal hooks present. microscopy and Nomarski differential interference Mouth wide, buccal suckers paired. Pharynx contrast; figures were drawn with the aid of a drawing tube. Measurements are in micrometers unless other- ovoid, between or posterior to buccal suckers; wise stated; ranges are followed by means in paren- ceca simple. Testes numerous. Genital corona theses. Clamp nomenclature is modified from Llew- with curved grooved spines. Prostatic vesicle ellyn's (1958) designations for Diclidophoridae. present. Ovary somewhat convoluted. Genitoin- Representative specimens have been deposited in the United States National Museum (USNM) Helmin- testinal canal present. Seminal receptacle absent. thological Collection, Beltsville, Maryland, and the Parasites on gills of marine teleosts. Type and Harold W. Manter Laboratory (HWML), Division
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