Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
10-1992
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.
Comments
Published in the Journal of Parasitology (October 1992) 78(5): 779-783. Copyright 1992, the American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.