<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Microtrema gen. n. and Microtrema barusi sp. n. are described from the intestine of Prunella modularis in the Czech Republic. Genus and species have the following features: Body claviform, widest in region of ventral sucker. Tegument densely covered with tiny spines. Suckers small, widely separated. Oral sucker globular, subterminal. Ventral sucker globular, equatorial. Prepharynx very short or absent. Pharynx small, fine. Oesophagus divided into two short intestinal branches ending blindly anterior to testes. Testes globular, lateral, in region of ventral sucker. Vesicula seminalis small, genital pore in short distance before ventral sucker and opening of uterus. Bursa cirri and cirrus absent. Ovary globular, median, between testes. Mehlis’ gland long oval, posterior to ovary. Vitellarium weakly developed, in two lateral clusters composed of small follicles. Uterus in posterior part of body, with many eggs, covering vitellarium and partly ventral sucker. Excretory vesicle V-shaped, pore terminal.</p></abstract>

Microtrema gen. n. and Microtrema barusi sp. n. are described from the intestine of Prunella modularis in the Czech Republic. Genus and species have the following features: Body claviform, widest in region of ventral sucker. Tegument densely covered with tiny spines. Suckers small, widely separated. Oral sucker globular, subterminal. Ventral sucker globular, equatorial. Prepharynx very short or absent. Pharynx small, fine. Oesophagus divided into two short intestinal branches ending blindly anterior to testes. Testes globular, lateral, in region of ventral sucker. Vesicula seminalis small, genital pore in short distance before ventral sucker and opening of uterus. Bursa cirri and cirrus absent. Ovary globular, median, between testes. Mehlis’ gland long oval, posterior to ovary. Vitellarium weakly developed, in two lateral clusters composed of small follicles. Uterus in posterior part of body, with many eggs, covering vitellarium and partly ventral sucker. Excretory vesicle V-shaped, pore terminal.

Microtrema barusi gen. n. and sp. n. (Digenea: Phaneropsolidae) from Prunella modularis (Aves, Passeriformes) in the Czech Republic

Comenius Museum, Horní nám. 7, 750 11, Přerov, Czech Republic

Helminthologia

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Microtrema gen. n. and Microtrema barusi sp. n. are described from the intestine of Prunella modularis in the Czech Republic. Genus and species have the...

Microtrema barusi gen. n. and sp. n. (Digenea: Phaneropsolidae) from Prunella modularis (Aves, Passeriformes) in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Apr 27, 2013

Page range: 43 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-013-0106-6

Keywords
Digenea, Phaneropsolidae, Microtrema gen. n., Microtrema barusi sp. n., passerine birds, Central Europe

© 2013 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

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Microtrema barusi gen. n. and sp. n. (Digenea: Phaneropsolidae) from Prunella modularis (Aves, Passeriformes) in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Apr 27, 2013

Page range: 43 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-013-0106-6

KeywordsDigenea, Phaneropsolidae, Microtrema gen. n., Microtrema barusi sp. n., passerine birds, Central Europe

© 2013 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Digenea, Phaneropsolidae, Microtrema gen. n., Microtrema barusi sp. n., passerine birds, Central Europe