New Distribution Records for Bunodera eucaliae and Bunodera inconstans n. comb. (Digenea: Allocreadiidae: Bunoderinae) with Discussion of Their Phylogenetic Relationships

Authors

Daniel R. Brooks, University of TorontoFollow

Date of this Version

10-1992

Comments

Published in the Journal of Parasitology (October 1992) 78(5): 779-783. Copyright 1992, the American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.

Abstract

Bunodera eucaliae inhabits Culaea inconstans from eastern Ontario and western Nebraska, both new geographic distribution records. Culaeatrema inconstans inhabits Culaea inconstans from eastern Ontario, also a new distribution record. Comparison of Culaeatrema inconstans with species of Paracreptotrematina, Bunoderella, Bunodera, and Crepidostomum within a phylogenetic context suggests that it is the sister species of B. eucaliae. Accordingly, it is transferred to Bunodera, although the monophyly of Bunodera as a group has not yet been established because there is no synapomorphy linking Bunodera luciopercae with the clade containing Bunodera mediovitellata, Bunodera sacculata, B. eucaliae, and B. inconstans.