Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886

Korol, E. N., Varodi, E. I., Kornyushin, V. V. & Malega, A. M., 2016, Helminths Of Wild Predatory Mammals (Mammalia, Carnivora) Of Ukraine. Trematodes, Vestnik Zoologii 50 (4), pp. 301-308 : 302

Family Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886

1. Alaria alata (Goeze, 1782)

Hosts and distribution.

D e f i n i t i v e h o s t s: V. vulpes : P (prevalence) — 38.55 %, I (intensity of infection, mean and range) — 97 (1–570), A (abundance) — 37.32 (Volyn, Zhitomir, Kyiv, Chernigiv, Sumy, Lviv, Cherkasy, Poltava Regions, Crimea). C. lupus : P — 31.25 %, I — 353 (2–2124), A — 110 (Chornobyl Exclusion Zone of Kyiv Region, Zhitomir, Chernigiv, Sumy Regions). N. procyonis : P — 42.86 %, I — 667 (5–1444), A — 285.86 (Kyiv Region including Chornobyl Exclusion Zone); C. aureus : 2 specimens were found in 1 studied host individual in Odesa Region.

P a r a t e n i c h o s t s: M. nivalis : P — 16.7 %, I — 19, A — 3.17 (Volyn Region); M. eversmani : P — 50 %, I — 2, A — 1 (Kyiv Region).

2. Pharyngostomum cordatum (Diesing, 1850)

H o s t s a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n.

D e f i n i t i v e h o s t s: V. vulpes : P — 0.6 %, I — 85, A — 0.51 (Cherkasy Region).