Megalodiscus intermedius ( Hunter, 1930 )

Xue, Xiao-Feng, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2010, Five new species of Anthocoptini from China (Acari: Eriophyidae), Zootaxa 2544, pp. 1-53 : 16-17

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scientific name

Megalodiscus intermedius ( Hunter, 1930 )
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Megalodiscus intermedius ( Hunter, 1930) View in CoL

Site of infection: rectum. Recruitment: ingestion.

Distribution: USA: Louisiana ( Hunter 1930; Brooks et al. 2006a); North Carolina ( Brandt 1936).

Specimens in collections: USNPC: 8116 (type), 45881 (paratypes), and 8117 .

Remarks: Originally described as Diplodiscus intermedius and transferred to Megalodiscus by Harwood (1932). Zamparo and Brooks (2005) considered that this species could be synonym of M. temperatus .

Brandt, B. B. (1936) Parasites of certain North Carolina Salientia. Ecological Monographs, 6, 491 - 532.

Brooks, D. R., Leon-Regagnon, V., McLennan, D. A. & Zelmer, D. (2006 a). Ecological fitting as a determinant of the community structure of platyhelminth parasites of anurans. Ecology, 87, S 76 - S 85.

Harwood, P. D. (1932) The helminths parasitic in the Amphibia and Reptilia of Houston, Texas and vicinity. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 81, 1 - 71.

Hunter, G. W. III. (1930) Diplodiscus intermedius sp. nov., from Rana catesbeiana Shaw. Journal of Parasitology, 17, 74 - 79.

Zamparo, D. & Brooks, D. R. (2005) Three rarely reported digeneans inhabiting amphibians from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Parasitology, 91, 1242 - 1244.

USNPC

United States National Parasite Collection