Strigeid parasites of <i>Circus buffoni</i> from Argentina, with the description of a new species of <i>Parastrigea</i> Szidat, 1928

Studying the Helminthological Collection of Museo de La Plata (MLP-He), several specimens of digeneans, recovered parasitizing a long-winged harrier, <i>Circus buffoni</i> (Accipitridae) from Buenos Aires Argentina, were analysed. The morphological and morphometric analysis of these spec...

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Autores principales: Drago, Fabiana Beatriz, Núñez, María Verónica, Lunaschi de Redolatti, Lía Inés
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Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/134759
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Sumario:Studying the Helminthological Collection of Museo de La Plata (MLP-He), several specimens of digeneans, recovered parasitizing a long-winged harrier, <i>Circus buffoni</i> (Accipitridae) from Buenos Aires Argentina, were analysed. The morphological and morphometric analysis of these specimens revealed the presence of two strigeid species, one of them new for science. <i>Parastrigea buffoni</i> n. sp. is characterised by a forebody differentiated in a retractile cephalic region with a large opening and a balloon-shaped collar region or <i>collerette</i>, suckers located in cephalic region, holdfast organ with well development dorsal and ventral lips that can emerge through opening, a claviform hindbody, a large copulatory bursa with muscular ring (<i>Ringnapf</i>) and a genital cone well delimited, crossed by a sinuous hermaphroditic duct with internal rugae. The euryxenous parasite, <i>Strigea falconis brasiliana</i>, is briefly described, parasitizing a new host. This is the first record of helminths parasitizing long-winged harrier.