Acta Parasitologica, Vol. 52, No. 3, 2007, 201–205. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-007-0040-1 Fabiana B. Drago (1)*, Lía I. Lunaschi (1), Ana C. Hinojosa-Saez (2) and Daniel González-Acunña (3) –
First record of Australapatemon burti and Paramonostomum pseudalveatum (Digenea) from Anas georgica (Aves, Anseriformes) in Chile
(1) Laboratorio de Helminthologia, División Zoología Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata, UNLP, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo,
Paseo del Bosque S/N 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
(2) Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile;
(3) Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Departamento de Ciencias Pecuarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile
*Corresponding author: fdrago@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
ABSTRACT
An examination of specimens of Anas georgica Gmelin (Anatidae) from Región del Bio-Bio and Región del Maule, Chile,
revealed the presence of two digenean species reported for the Holartic Region: Australapatemon burti (Miller, 1923) Dubois,
1968 (Strigeidae) and Paramonostomum pseudalveatum Price, 1931 (Notocotylidae). A. burti parasitized ducks from both
regions and P. pseudalveatum parasitized only ducks from Región del Bio-Bio. The digeneans were mounted in toto, described
and illustrated. The morphology and dimensions of specimens studied correspond with their original descriptions and new morphometrical
data and morphological characters are given. The reports of A. burti and P. pseudalveatum in A. georgica represent
a new host record and the first record of the genera Australapatemon Sudarikov, 1959 and Paramonostomum Lühe, 1909
from Chile.
KEY WORDS:
Digenea, Australapatemon burti, Paramonostomum pseudalveatum, Anatidae, Anas georgica, Chile