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New species of Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 and Cosmetocleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) infecting the gills of catfishes (Siluriformes) from the Peruvian Amazonia

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During a research on gill ectoparasites of siluriform fishes from the Peruvian Amazonia, the following monogeneans were found: Ameloblastella edentensis n. sp. from Hypophthalmus edentatus Spix & Agassiz; Ameloblastella peruensis n. sp. from Hypophthalmus sp.; Ameloblastella formatrium n. sp. from Pimelodidae gen. sp. (type-host) and Duopalatinus cf. peruanus Eigenmann & Allen; Ameloblastella unapioides n. sp. from Sorubim lima (Bloch & Schneider) (type-host) and Pimelodus sp; Cosmetocleithrum tortum n. sp. from Nemadoras hemipeltis (Eigenmann); and Cosmetocleithrum bifurcum n. sp. from Hassar orestis (Steindachner) (both Doradidae). All new species described herein are mainly differentiated from their congeners based on the morphology of the copulatory complex. The pimelodids H. edentatus and S. lima, and the doradids N. hemipeltis and H. orestis represent new hosts species for species of Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 and Cosmetocleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986, respectively. The morphological diagnosis of the present species of Ameloblastella and Cosmetocleithrum also supported by a previous molecular analysis of these species is briefly discusssed herein.

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Acknowledgements

CAM-P acknowledges the Coordinación de la Investigación Científica and Dirección General de Asuntos de Personal Académico (DGAPA), UNAM, Mexico for the postdoctoral fellowship granted. Thanks are also to Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., Portland, OR, USA, and John G. Lundberg, Curator Emeritus of Ichthyology, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA, for identification of some fish.

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This study was financially supported by the Czech Science Foundation (project P505/12/G112) and the Institute of Parasitology (RVO: 60077344).

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  1. Instituto de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de México (EPOMEX), Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, San Francisco de Campeche, Av. Héroe de Nacozari No. 480, C. P. 24029, Campeche, Mexico

    Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco

  2. Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, Mexico, DF, Mexico

    Carlos A. Mendoza-Palmero

  3. Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    Tomáš Scholz

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Mendoza-Franco, E.F., Mendoza-Palmero, C.A. & Scholz, T. New species of Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 and Cosmetocleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) infecting the gills of catfishes (Siluriformes) from the Peruvian Amazonia. Syst Parasitol 93, 847–862 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9671-7

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