Folia Parasitologica 48[2] 115-117 (2001) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2001.017

Psilolintonum lineatum (Linton, 1928) (Echinostomatoidea: Psilostomidae) re-allocated to Podocotyle (Allocreadioidea: Opecoelidae) on the basis of a re-examination of the type material

Aneta Kostadinova
Department of Biodiversity, Central Laboratory of General Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

The type-material of Psilostomum lineatum Linton, 1928 was re-examined and identified as Podocotyle reflexa (Creplin, 1825). This re-allocation of the type and only species invalidates the genus Psilolintonum that is now considered a synonym of Podocotyle.

Keywords: Digenea, Opecoelidae, Psilostomidae, Psilostomum lineatum, Psilolintonum, Podocotyle reflexa, morphology, synonymy

Received: June 23, 2000; Accepted: October 17, 2000; Published: June 1, 2001  Show citation

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Kostadinova, A. (2001). Psilolintonum lineatum (Linton, 1928) (Echinostomatoidea: Psilostomidae) re-allocated to Podocotyle (Allocreadioidea: Opecoelidae) on the basis of a re-examination of the type material. Folia Parasitologica, 48(2), 115-117. doi: 10.14411/fp.2001.017
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