Fimbriaria fasciolaris and Cloacotaenia megalops (Eucestoda, Hymenolepididae), Cestodes from Brazilian Waterfowl

New host and geographical records for helminths parasites of Ardeidae (Aves, Ciconiiformes) in Brazil

“…Specimens are kept either in numbered vials or as whole mounts, matched with respective numbered files. Helminths were preserved in 70° GL ethanol, AF A, or Railliet & Henry solution (0,85 NaCI solution: 93 ml ; formaldehyde: 3 ml; glacial acetic acid: 2ml) and processed for study as described elsewhere (MUNIZ-PEREIRA & AMATO 1995, 1998VICENTE et a/. I 995a).…”

Oswaldotrema nacinovici gen. nov. sp. nov. (Digenea: Philophthalmidae) from Numenius phaeopus (Aves: Scolopacidae) in Brazil

“…The two specimens (one male and one female) of Numenius phaeopus Latham, 1790, and the helminth (from the female) were collected and processed for study, respectively, as reported earlier (Muniz-Pereira & Amato 1995, 1998. Capture of the hosts occurred between October 1989 and October 1990, in the mouth of Piraque river and adjoining mudflat areas (Pedra de Guaratiba), Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…”

First record of Australapatemon burti and Paramonostomum pseudalveatum (Digenea) from Anas georgica (Aves, Anseriformes) in Chile

“…Moreover, reports of the parasitic fauna of anatid birds from Chile are limited to nematode: Amidostomum anseris Zeder, 1800 found in the black-necked swan, Cygnus melanocorypha (Molina) and Heterakis dispar (Schrank, 1790) found in lesser upland goose, Chloephaga picta picta (Gmelin) (Schlatter et al 1991, González et al 2005. Prior to this study, only Psilochasmus oxyurus (Creplin, 1825) Lühe, 1910 (Digenea) and Cloacotaenia megalops (Nitzsch in Creplin, 1829) (Cestoda) were reported in A. georgica from Argentina and Brazil, respectively (Szidat 1957, Muniz-Pereira andAmato 1998).…”