Auriculostoma macrorchis ( Szidat, 1954 )

Margarita Ostrowski de Núñez, Nathalia J. Arredondo & Alicia A. Gil de Pertierra, 2017, Adult Trematodes (Platyhelminthes) of freshwater fishes from Argentina: a checklist, Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (1), pp. 91-113 : 92-93

Auriculostoma macrorchis ( Szidat, 1954)

Crepidostomum macrorchis Szidat, 1954

Material deposited: MACN-Pa 583, 584/1‒2, 585/1‒3, 586/1‒2 (type and new voucher material).

Hosts: Pachyurus bonariensis Steindachner (type host) ( Perciformes : Scienidae); Ageneiosus inermis (Linnaeus) , Ageneiosus militaris* Valenciennes , Auchenipterus nigripinnis (Boulenger) , Auchenipterus osteomystax (Miranda Ribeiro) [= Auchenipterus nuchalis (Spix and Agassiz) ] ( Siluriformes : Auchenipteridae ), Luciopimelodus pati * (Valenciennes) ( Siluriformes : Pimelodidae ), Rhinodoras dorbignyi * (Kner) riformes: Doradidae ).

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Localities: La Plata River, Buenos Aires City (type locality); Middle Paraná River, Corrientes Province; Colastiné River** (tributary of the Paraná River) (31°40´S, 60°46´W), Santa Fe Province; Paraná-Guazú River** (33°54´S; 58°52´W), Entre Ríos Province.

Site of infection: Anterior, middle and posterior part of intestine.

References: Szidat (1954), Hamann (1988), Scholz et al. (2004), Arredondo (2013).

Remarks: New hosts and localities records. Hamann (1988) indicated the presence of A. macrorchis in A. nuchalis , but according to Liotta (2005) and to Froese & Pauly (2016), the records of this species probably correspond to A. osteomystax .