Diplostomidae Poirier 1886
Creators: name: Cremonte, Florencia
name: Drago, Fabiana B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Diplostomida
Diplostomidae

description: Family Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886   Austrodiplostomum Szidat & Nani, 1951   
 Austrodiplostomum mordax Szidat & Nani, 1951   
 Syn.: Diplostomum (A.) mordax (Szidat & Nani) Ostrowski de Núñez, 1982. Diplostomum (A.) compactum (Lutz, 1928) Dubois, 1970.   
 Natural host: Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin).   
 Experimental hosts: Gallus gallus domesticus (L.), Pitangus sulphuratus bolivianus (Lafresnaye).   
Site of infection: intestine.  
Locality: Buenos Aires Province.  
 Life history: Hi1: Biomphalaria peregrina (d’Orbigny) (experimental and natural host from Limay River, Neuquén Province), B. straminea (Dunker) (experimental host). Hi2: Odontesthes hatcheri (Eigenmann), O. bonariensis (Valenciennes), O. smitti, (Lahille), Percichthys trucha (Valenciennes), Aplochiton taeniatus Jenyns, Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns), G. p lat e i Steindachner, Onchorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), Jenynsia lineata (Jenyns) (natural hosts from Buenos Aires, Córdoba, La Rioja, Jujuy, Tucumán, Río Negro, Neuquén and Chubut Provinces); Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jennyns), Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel) (experimental hosts); metacercariae in brain.   
 References: Szidat & Nani (1951, 1952), Szidat (1956, 1964, 1969), Fuster de Plaza & Boschi (1957), Ostrowski de Núñez (1964, 1968a, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1992a), Ortubay et al. (1989, 1994), Viozzi & Flores (2002).   
 Diplostomum v. Nordmann, 1832   
 Diplostomum minutum Szidat, 1964   
 Hosts: Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, L. maculipennis Lichtenstein. Site of infection: intestine.   
 Localities: Huechulaufquen Lake, Neuquén Province and Rosario Lake, Chubut Province Life history: Hi1: unknown. Hi2: Gymnotus sp. (natural host) from Chaco Province; metacercariae in   
brain and medulla.  
 References: Szidat (1964), Niewiadomska et al. (1989), Kreiter & Semenas (1997).   
 Dolichorchis Dubois, 1961   
 Dolichorchis bonariensis Ostrowski de Núñez, 1970 Syn.: Diplostomum (Dolichorchis) bonariensis Ostrowski de Núñez, 1970 Host: Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin). Site of infection: intestine.   
Locality: Buenos Aires city.  
 Life history: Hi1: unknown. Hi2: probably Curimatorbis platanus (Günther) from Obras Sanitarias, Bue­   
nos Aires city; metacercariae in the brain. Material deposited: MACN.  
Reference: Ostrowski de Núñez (1970).  
 Dolichorchis lacombeensis Lunaschi & Drago, 2006 Host: Ardea cocoi Linnaeus.   
Site of infection: intestine  
Locality: Lacombe lagoon, Buenos Aires Province. Material deposited: MLP, 5292.  
Reference: Lunaschi & Drago (2006a).  
 Hysteromorpha Lutz, 1931   
 Hysteromorpha triloba (Rudolphi, 1819) Lutz, 1931   
 Host: Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin).   
Site of infection: intestine.  
Localities: Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires city; Embalse, Cór­  
doba Province and Río de la Plata.  
References: Szidat & Nani (1951), Ostrowski de Núñez (1970, 1992a).  
 Neodiplostomum Raillet, 1919   
 Neodiplostomum travassosi Dubois, 1937   
 Hosts: Caracara plancus (Miller), Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin). Site of infection: small intestine.   
Locality: Clorinda, Formosa Province.  
Material deposited: MLP, 5330, 5331; CNHE 5312. Reference: Lunaschi & Drago (2005).  
 Posthodiplostomum Dubois, 1936   
 Posthodiplostomum nanum Dubois, 1937   
 Natural hosts: Butorides striata (Linnaeus), Ixobrychus involucris (Vieillot), Ardea alba Linnaeus, A.   
 alba egretta Gmelin, Plegadis chihi (Vieillot).   
 Experimental Hosts: Gallus gallus domesticus (L.), Anas platyrhynchos L. Site of infection: small intestine.   
Localities: La Plata Zoological Garden, La Plata and Punta Blanca, Buenos Aires Province; Obras Sani­  
tarias, Buenos Aires city.  
 Life history: Hi1: Gundlachia concentrica (d'Orbigny) (experimental host). Hi2: Jenynsia lineata (Jenyns), Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel), Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns) (experimental and natural hosts from Río de La Plata); neascus­type metacercariae encyst in body cavity and kidney.   
Material deposited: MLP.  
 References: Boero et al. (1972b), Ostrowski de Núñez (1973, 1992a), Doma & Ostrowski de Núñez   
(1994), Digiani (2000).  
 Posthodiplostomum mignum Boero, Led & Brandetti, 1972 b Host: Ardea cocoi Linnaeus.   
Locality: La Plata Zoological Garden, La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Site of infection: small intestine.  
 Reference: Boero et al. (1972b).   
 Posthodiplostomum obesum Lutz, 1928   
 Syns.: Neodiplostomum sp. Ostrowski de Núñez, 1970   
 Neodiplostomum (N.) pseudoconicum (Ostrowski de Núñez) Nasir & Díaz, 1972 Host: Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin).   
Site of infection: intestine.  
Locality: Quequén, Buenos Aires Province.  
References: Ostrowski de Núñez (1970), Nasir & Díaz (1972), Dubois (1977).  
 Sphincterodiplostomum Dubois, 1936   
 Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum Dubois, 1936 Host: Ardea alba Linnaeus.   
Site of infection: intestine.  
Locality: Clorinda, Formosa Province.  
 Life history: Hi1: unknown. Hi2: Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch) (natural host) from Chaco Province; meta­   
cercariae in the eye’s orbit.  
Material deposited: MLP, 5404.  
References: Szidat (1969), Lunaschi & Drago (2006b).  
 Tylodelphys Diesing, 1850   
 Tylodelphys adulta Lunaschi & Drago, 2004   
 Host: Podiceps major (Boddaert). Site of infection: intestine.   
Locality: Lacombe lagoon, Buenos Aires Province. Material deposited: MLP, holotype 5309, paratypes 5310, 5311. Reference: Lunaschi & Drago (2004).  
 Family Strigeidae Railliet, 1919   
 Apatemon Szidat, 1928   
 Apatemon gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819) Szidat, 1928 Host: Cygnus melanocorypha (Molina).   
Site of infection: intestine.  
Locality: not reported.  
 Reference: Boero et al. (1972a).   
 Apatemon bdellocystis Lutz, 1912   
 Host: Cygnus melanocorypha (Molina).   
Site of infection: small intestine.  
Locality: La Plata Zoological Garden, La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. References: Boero & Led (1968), Ostrowski de Núñez (1992a). Comments: Ostrowski de Núñez (1992a) erroneously reported that Boero & Led (1968) found this spe­  
 cies in Coscoroba coscoroba (Molina).   
 Apharyngostrigea Ciurea, 1927   
 Apharyngostrigea simplex (Johnston, 1904)   
 Host: Egretta thula (Molina).   
Site of infection: intestine.  
 Locality: Buenos Aires Zoological Garden, Buenos Aires city. Life history: Hi1: Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker) (experimental host). Hi2: Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns), Cichlasoma facetum (Jennyns) (experimental hosts); metacercariae in body cavity.   
References: Ostrowski de Núñez (1989, 1992a).  
 Cardiocephaloides Sudarikov, 1959   
 Cardiocephaloides brandesii (Szidat, 1928) Sudarikov, 1959 Host: Larus maculipennis Lichtenstein.   
Site of infection: intestine.  
Locality: Huechulaufquen Lake, Lanín National Park, Neuquén Province. Reference: Szidat (1964).  
 Cardiocephaloides physalis (Lutz, 1927) Dubois, 1937 Host: Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster).   
Site of infection: intestine.  
Locality: not reported.  
 Reference: Boero et al. (1972a)   
 Comments: Timi et al. (1999) hypothesized that the metacercariae found in eyes of Engraulis anchoita Hubbs & Marini from Argentine and Uruguayan Seas and described as Cardiocephaloides sp. (MLP, 4555), probably belong to the species C. physalis.   
 Cardiocephaloides sp.   
 Host: Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster).   
Site of infection: intestine.  
 Locality: Península Valdés, Chubut Province. Reference: Pazos et al. (2003).   
 Ophiosoma Szidat, 1928   
 Ophiosoma microcephalum Szidat, 1928   
 Hosts: Milvago chimango (Vieillot), Buteo magnirostris (Gmelin). Site of infection: intestine.   
Localities: Urribelarrea, Buenos Aires Province; La Marcela farm, Pirané, Formosa Province. Material deposited: MLP, 5508.  
References: Boero & Led (1971), Lunaschi & Drago (2006c).  
 Parastrigea Szidat, 1928   
 Parastrigea brasiliana (Szidat, 1928) Dubois, 1964   
 Syn. Apharyngostrigea brasiliana (Szidat, 1928) Szidat, 1929 Hosts: Ardea alba Linnaeus, Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus). Site of infection: intestine.   
 Localities: La Plata Zoological Garden, La Plata; De Monte lagoon, Buenos Aires Province. References: Boero et al. (1972b), Labriola & Suriano (1998).   
 Strigea Abildgaard, 1790   
 Strigea falconis brasiliana Szidat, 1929 Host: Buteo magnirostris (Gmelin). Site of infection: intestine.   
Locality: La Marcela farm, Pirané, Formosa Province. Material deposited: MLP, 5506.  
Reference: Lunaschi & Drago (2006c).  
 Strigea magniova Dubois, 1988   
 Host: Buteo magnirostris (Gmelin). Site of infection: intestine.   
Locality: La Marcela farm, Pirané, Formosa Province. Material deposited: MLP, 5507.  
Reference: Lunaschi & Drago (2006c).
description: Published as part of Cremonte, Florencia & Drago, Fabiana B., 2007, Checklist of digenean parasites of birds from Argentina, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 1403 on pages 4-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273687