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Two new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from freshwater fishes (Gymnotiformes) of the Paraná River basin in Argentina

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Two new species of the cryptogonimid genus Parspina Pearse, 1920 are described from gymnotiform fishes of the Paraná River basin, P. carapo n. sp. from the banded knifefish Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus and P. virescens n. sp. from the glass knifefish Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes). Parspina carapo differs from P. virescens in the number of oral spines (32–39 vs 30–33) and their length (28–47 vs 16–28 μm), the distribution of tegumental spines and their anchorage, the types of sensory papillae on the body surface (three vs two types), the extent of body length posterior to the caeca (5 vs 13% of the total body length), the dimensions of the pars prostatica (52 × 34 vs 24 × 10 μm), and in the absence of a gonotyl (vs presence). Both P. carapo and P. virescens differ from P. bagre Pearse, 1920 and P. argentinensis (Szidat, 1954) in the number of oral spines (20–21 and 21–28 in the latter pair) and their length (28–32 and 35–60 μm), and in total body length. Additionally, the two new species differ from P. argentinensis in the arrangement of the vitelline follicles (one continuous band vs two groups on each side of the body) and in having a smaller pars prostatica (149 × 49 μm in the latter). Parspina carapo is the fifth intestinal helminth found in G. carapo, and P. virescens is the first found in E. virescens.

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This research was supported by ANPCyT (Proj. BID 1728 OC-AR PICT No. 825) and the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Grants UBACyT 20020090200511 and 20020090200529).

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    Margarita C. Ostrowski de Núñez, Nathalia J. Arredondo & Alicia A. Gil de Pertierra

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Ostrowski de Núñez, M.C., Arredondo, N.J. & Gil de Pertierra, A.A. Two new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from freshwater fishes (Gymnotiformes) of the Paraná River basin in Argentina. Syst Parasitol 80, 67–79 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-011-9313-z

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