Metacercariae of Eumegacetes medioximus (Digenea: Eumegacetidae) in larvae of Odonata from Brazil

Biota Neotropica

Hudson Alves Pinto¹  Alan Lane De Melo¹ 

关键词: trematodes;    insects;    dragonfly;    parasites;    trematódeos;    insetos;    libélula;    parasitos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1676-06032013000200039

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

During studies on the participation of larval Odonata in the life cycle of trematodes carried out at the Pampulha reservoir, Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, between May and September 2011, dragonfly larvae, Orthemis discolor (Burmeister, 1839) and Perithemis mooma Kirby, 1889, were found harboring metacercariae identified as Eumegacetes medioximusBraun, 1901. This is the first report and morphological description of metacercariae of E. medioximus in the Neotropical region.

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