Rauschiella, Babero, 1951

Aguiar, Aline, Morais, Drausio Honorio, Firmino Silva, Lidiane A., Anjos, Luciano Alves Dos, Foster, Ottilie Carolina & Silva, Reinaldo José Da, 2021, Biodiversity of anuran endoparasites from a transitional area between the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes in Brazil: new records and remarks, Zootaxa 4948 (1), pp. 1-41 : 23

Rauschiella sp.

Hosts (prevalence; range): L. podicipinus (1/225; 1).

Site of infection: small intestine.

Stage: juvenile.

Type host and type locality: not informed.

Comments: the juvenile stage of this single specimen hindered the secure identification on the specific level. However, we were able to define the genus Rauschiella based on general body shape, the position of ovary (right in relation to acetabulum), and the presence of a spherical seminal receptacle. Although the diversified fauna of parasites previously already reported to L. podicipinus , this is the first record of a Rauschiella species in this anuran.