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Proposed division of the genus Heterophyes Cobbold, 1865 (Trematoda: Heterophyidae)

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A new genus, Alloheterophyes, is erected for Heterophyes chini Pearson & Pearson, 1983 and for H. superspinata Leonov & Belogurov, 1965, with which H. bitorquata Pearson & Pearson, 1983 is synonymised. New host and locality records are given. Alloheterophyes differs from Heterophyes in having: (i) a seminal vesicle of two tandem chambers, the distal with a thicker wall; (ii) a uterine seminal receptacle; (iii) an unspined genital atrium; (iv) an inflated, almost triangular excretory bladder; (v) a ventral sucker not close to the gut fork; (vi) the final loop of the uterus dextral to the gonotyl; and (vii) a clavate shape.

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Pearson, J. Proposed division of the genus Heterophyes Cobbold, 1865 (Trematoda: Heterophyidae). Syst Parasitol 43, 11–15 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006160813129

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