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A re-assessment of species diversity within the ‘revolutum’ group of Echinostoma Rudolphi, 1809 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in Europe

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Species of Echinostoma Rudolphi, 1809 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) belonging to the ‘revolutum’ species complex were re-examined based on material gathered in an extensive sampling programme in eight countries in Europe. The morphology of the life-cycle stages was studied in naturally and experimentally infected snail and bird hosts. A review, with an updated synonymy, is presented for six European species, including one new to science, i.e. Echinostoma revolutum (Frölich, 1802) (sensu stricto) (type-species), E. bolschewense (Kotova, 1939), E. miyagawai Ishii, 1932, E. nasincovae n. sp., E. paraulum Dietz, 1909 and Echinostoma sp. IG), and keys to the identification of their cercariae and adults are provided.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and detailed corrections. We thank Professor Wilfried Haas (Institute for Zoology I, University Erlangen-Nuremberg) for his support in developing the sampling logistics in Germany and providing laboratory space; to Martina Borovková and Blanka Škoríková (Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) for their assistance during sampling and help with experiment ii; and Blanka Škoríková for her kind help with the figures. This study was funded by the Czech Science Foundation (projects P505/10/1562 and P505/12/G112) and the Institute of Parasitology (RVO 60077344).

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    Anna Faltýnková, Simona Georgieva, Miroslava Soldánová & Aneta Kostadinova

  2. Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    Simona Georgieva

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Faltýnková, A., Georgieva, S., Soldánová, M. et al. A re-assessment of species diversity within the ‘revolutum’ group of Echinostoma Rudolphi, 1809 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in Europe. Syst Parasitol 90, 1–25 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-014-9530-3

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