Plagiorchiidae Lühe

Santos, Cláudia Portes & Gibson, David I., 2015, Checklist of the Helminth Parasites of South American Bats, Zootaxa 3937 (3), pp. 471-499 : 480

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F7CAD672-4865-411B-A5C7-D46AB3A2299D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6102005
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A18784-532D-6256-FF6B-FE3EFC8EFD60
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Plagiorchiidae Lühe
status

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Family Plagiorchiidae Lühe View in CoL

This is a large group, occurring in a wide range of tetrapods. Metacercariae commonly occur encysted in both larval and adult insects; it is likely that bats acquire the parasites from the latter.

Plagiorchis Lühe

Species: P. parumbursatus Freitas & Dobbin Jr, 1961