Macrovalvitrema micropogoni (Pearse, 1949)

Mendoza-Garfias, Berenit, García-Prieto, Luis & León, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De, 2017, Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Mexican aquatic vertebrates, Zoosystema 39 (4), pp. 501-598 : 551-552

Macrovalvitrema micropogoni (Pearse, 1949) ǂ

Tagia micropogoni Pearse, 1949: 28 .

Macrovalvitrematoides micropogoni – Yamaguti 1963: 208.

Macrovalvitrema micropogoni – Hernández-Vale et al. 2016: 116.

HOSTS. — Actinopterygii (gills).

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. — Tamaulipas. Laguna Madre (Punta Piedra): Micropogonias undulatus (Iruegas-Buentello 1999) .

SPECIMENS IN COLLECTIONS. — None.

Macrovalvitrema sinaloense

Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955 ( Fig. 4F )

Macrovalvitrema sinaloense Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955: 89 .

HOSTS. — Actinopterygii (gills).

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. — Baja California Sur. Bahía de La Paz: Lutjanus argentiventris , Ophioscion scierus (Bravo-Hollis 1981b) , Xenistius californiensis (Bravo-Hollis 1985) .

Sinaloa. Mazatlán: Micropogonias ectenes (Caballero & Bravo- Hollis 1955).

Sonora. Bahía de Guaymas: Micropogonias megalops , Umbrina roncador (Bravo-Hollis 1981b) .

Tamaulipas. Laguna Madre (Punta Piedra): Paralichthys lethostigma (Zambrano-Coronado 2001) **.

SPECIMENS IN COLLECTIONS. — CNHE (28, 99-103, 109, 314- 15) (H, P).

REMARK

According to Hargis (1959), M. sinaloense is a valid species but “almost congeneric” with Pterinotrematoides mexicanum . The independence of both genera was established by Suriano (1975). Yamaguti (1963) established the family Macrovalvitrematidae to contain the species of both genera, but this proposal was rejected by Dillon & Hargis (1965), and Boeger & Kritsky (1993). Recently, the amended diagnosis of the genus Macrovalvitrema Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955 was published by Hernández-Vale et al. (2016), who recognized their independence of Pterinotrematoides Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955 .

NOTE

The following records of M. sinaloense listed by Kohn et al. (2006) do not agree with those presented in the original references: L. argentiventris and O. scierus from Sonora and Baja California, and M. megalops , U. roncador and X. californiensis from Baja California.

Figures

FIG. 4. — Micrographs of some monogeneans representatives of the 29 families recorded in vertebrates of Mexico: A, Gyrodactylidae: Gyrodactylus tomahuac Rubio-Godoy, Razo-Mendivil, García-Vásquez, Freeman, Shinn & Paladini, 2016 (CNHE 9991); B, Loimoidae: Loimosina parawilsoni Bravo-Hollis, 1970 (CNHE 153); C, Hexabothriidae: Dasyonchocotyle dasyatis (Yamaguti, 1968) (CNHE 9361); D, Hexostomatidae: Neohexostoma euthynni (Meserve, 1938) (CNHE 1448); E, Heteraxinidae: Probursata ayalai Lamothe-Argumedo & García-Prieto, 1999 (CNHE 2660); F, Macrovalvitrematidae: Macrovalvitrema sinaloense Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955 (CNHE 109). Scale bars: A, 20 µm; B-F, 200 µm.