Neodiplectanum gatunense ( Mendoza Franco, Roche & Torchin, 2008 )

Domingues, Marcus V., Diamanka, Arfang & Pariselle, Antoine, 2011, Monogenoids (Diplectanidae, Polyonchoinea) from the gills of mojarras (Perciformes, Gerreidae) with the resurrection of Neodiplectanum Mizelle & Blatz, 1941 and the proposal of Darwinoplectanum n. gen., Zootaxa 3010, pp. 1-19 : 8

Neodiplectanum gatunense ( Mendoza Franco, Roche & Torchin, 2008) n. comb.

Syn. Diplectanum gatunense Mendoza Franco, Roche & Torchin, 2008

Diplectanum gatunense: Mendoza Franco et al. (2008) : 172–174, figs. 1–4, 6–9 (descr).

Type host. Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier) .

Site. Gills.

Type locality. Gatun Lake, Panama Canal Watershed (9°10’2.68’’N, 79°50’13.90’’W), Panama ( Mendoza Franco et al. 2008).

Material examined. 11 Paratypes USNPC No 100847

Remarks. This species, originally placed in Diplectanum by Mendoza Franco et al. (2008), is transferred to Neodiplectanum as N. gatunense n. comb.. This species resembles N. magnodiscatum by sharing spine-like rodlets in the posterior rows of the squamodiscs with three axes, and a dorsal bar with constriction at the end. However, N. gatunense can be distinguished from this species by having indentations on the distal margins of the accessory piece, which is tapered in N. magnodiscatum ; and morphometric features (table 1).