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Trematode parasites as indicators of an animal component in the diet of the Water Vole Arvicola amphibius


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Intestinal trematode parasites from the water vole Arvicola terrestris (= Arvicola amphibius) recorded in the Host Parasite Database of the Natural History London, together with the intermediate hosts for each species the ingestion of which would be necessary for acquisition of infection by the vole.

Trematode species (Family in brackets) Intermediate Host Geographical Location
Brachylaima aequans (Brachylaemidae) Terrestrial snails Bulgaria
Corrigia vitta (Dicrocoelidae) Ants United Kingdom
Alaria alata (Diplostomatidae) Amphibians (Tadpoles and Frogs) Asian USSR (CIS) North Baraba
Pharyngostomum cordatum (Diplostomatidae) Amphibians and reptiles European USSR (Russia)
Volga Delta
Echinostoma miyagawi (Echinostomatidae) Freshwater molluscs, fish Azerbaidzhan (Zakabkazya)
European USSR (CIS) Russia (Transcaucasus)
Echinostoma revolutum (Echinostomatidae) Freshwater molluscs, fish Ukraine
Moldavia
Asian USSR (CIS) North Baraba
European USSR (CIS) Russia (Transcaucasus)
Euparyphium melis (Echinostomatidae) (syn. Isthmiophora melis) Freshwater fish and amphibians Asian USSR (CIS) Taimira
Isthmiophora melis (Echinostomatidae) Freshwater fish and amphibians Bulgaria
Posterocirrus clethrionomi Lecithodendriidae) Aquatic insect larvae Ukraine, Moldavia
Opisthorchis felineus (Opisthorchiidae) Freshwater fish USSR (CIS), Asian USSR West Siberia
Opisthorchis longissimus (Opisthorchiidae) Freshwater fish Kazakstan
Plagiorchis arvicolae (Plagiorchiidae) Freshwater insect larvae and nymphs Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldavia, USSR (CIS)
Plagiorchis elegans (Plagiorchiidae) Freshwater insect larvae and nymphs Bulgaria
Plagiorchis vespertilionis (Plagiorchiidae) Freshwater insect larvae and nymphs (Trichopteran larvae, dragonfly nymphs, ephemerid larvae, Culex mosquito larvae) Asian USSR (North Baraba, Taimira)
Skrjabinoplagiorchis polonicus (Plagiorchiidae) Freshwater insect larvae and nymphs Ukraine, Moldavia
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