Chiorchis dilatatus Daday, 1907

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 : 97

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.1040686
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scientific name	Chiorchis dilatatus Daday, 1907
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Treatment

Travassosinia dilatata ( Daday, 1907)

Material deposited: MACN-Pa 598 (new voucher material), information about type material not provided by Daday (1907).

Hosts: Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier) [= Colossoma brachypomus (Cuvier) ] (type host, Paraguay), P. mesopotamicus [= Colossoma mitrei (Berg) ] ( Characiformes : Serrasalmidae ), P. granulosus , Salminus brasiliensis *.

Localities: Paraguay (type locality); Paraná and Paraguay rivers confluence and Middle Paraná River near Corrientes City, Corrientes Province; Paraná- Guazú River**, Entre Ríos Province.

Site of infection: Intestine.

References: Daday (1907), Hamann (1982a, b), Arredondo (2013).

Remarks: New host and locality records. The description of this species was based on one specimen from Paraguay; it was not possible to trace where this specimen was deposited.