Neodeuterobaris pritchardae gen. et sp. n. (Digenea: Microscaphidiidae) in a Sideneck Turtle, Podocnemis lewyana Dumeril 1852, from Colombia

Authors

Daniel R. Brooks, University of TorontoFollow

Date of this Version

6-1976

Comments

Published in the Journal of Parasitology (june 1976) 62(3): 426-428. Copyright 1976, the American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.

Abstract

Neodeuterobaris pritchardae in the stomach of the freshwater turtle, Podocnemis lewyana, from Colombia resembles members of Deuterobaris in possessing ventral glands, a dorsal oral hood, and vitelline follicles confluent posteriorly, but apparently differs from them by possessing 5 rather than 7 rows of ventral glands; by lacking ventral spines, extracecal uterine loops, and a muscular esophageal bulb; and by inhabiting the stomach of freshwater turtles rather than the intestine of marine turtles. Those characters are considered significant enough to erect a new genus. Diagnosis of the Deuterobaridinae is emended to accommodate the new species.