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The genus Scaphiostomum Braun, 1901 (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae): A systematic review and description of Scaphiostomum palaearcticum n. sp.

Santiago Mas-comaJosé-guillermo EstebanM. A. Valero

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Type speciesSubfamilybiologyAnimal ecologyBrachylaimidaeZoologyParasitologyTaxonomy (biology)Trematodabiology.organism_classificationTaxonomic key

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A systematic review of the genus Scaphiostomum Braun, 1901 (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae) is presented. Its diagnosis is emended and its position within the subfamily Brachylaiminae Joyeux & Foley, 1930 is established. The subfamily Scaphiostominae Yamaguti, 1958 is considered a synonym of the Brachy-laiminae. Scaphiostomum comprises the following species: S. illatabile Braun, 1901 (type species) from birds in South America, S. pancreaticum McIntosh, 1934 and S. microti (Kruidenier & Gallicchio, 1959) n. comb., both from rodents in North America, and S. palaearcticum n. sp. from rodents in the Balearic Islands (Spain). Scaphiostomum sp. of Lim, 1967 from rodents in Malaysia probably constitutes a different species. ac]19850319

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1986-06-01Systematic Parasitology
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00009870