Neodiplectanum wenningeri Mizelle & Blatz, 1941

Domingues, Marcus V., Diamanka, Arfang & Pariselle, Antoine, 2011, Monogenoids (Diplectanidae, Polyonchoinea) from the gills of mojarras (Perciformes, Gerreidae) with the resurrection of Neodiplectanum Mizelle & Blatz, 1941 and the proposal of Darwinoplectanum n. gen., Zootaxa 3010, pp. 1-19 : 4

Neodiplectanum wenningeri Mizelle & Blatz, 1941

( Figs. 2–9 )

Syn. Diplectanum wenningeri Oliver (1987)

Neodiplectanum wenningeri: Mizelle and Blatz (1941) : 107–108, figs. 11–21 (descr); Yamaguti (1963): 102, pl. 25, fig. 199 (citat); Skinner (1982): 275 (recor); Aguirre-Macedo et al. (2007): 21 –22, 24, 29 (recor).

Diplectanum wenningeri: Oliver (1987) : 82, figs. 21 (synon); Mendoza Franco et al. (2008): 171 –174, 176, fig. 5 (recor, redes).

Type host. Eucinostomus gula (Quoy & Gaimard) .

Site. Gills.

Type locality. Everglades canal, north of Everglades City, Florida, USA ( Mizelle & Blatz 1941).

Other record. Gerres cireneus (Walbaum) from South Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA ( Skinner 1982).

Material examined. Four cotypes, USNPC 36823; voucher, CNHE 5713.

Remarks. Originally indicated by monotypy, N. wenningeri is the type species of the genus. Neodiplectanum wenningeri can be distinguished from the other three congeneric species by having a laterally expanded distal end of the accessory piece without ornamentation (accessory piece tapered distal end in N. magnodiscatum ( Fuentes Zambrano, 1997) n. comb.; accessory piece pyriform tip possessing delicate indentations on margins in N. gatunense ( Mendoza Franco, Roche & Torchin, 2008) n. comb.; accessory piece distally bifurcate and hook-shaped accessory piece in N. mexicanum ( Mendoza Franco, Roche & Torchin, 2008) n. comb.); and the greater total length of the anchors and bars (see table 1).

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 9. Neodiplectanum wenningeri Mizelle & Blatz, 1941. 2. Squamodisc. 3. Ventral bar. 4. Hook. 5. Dorsal bar. 6. Ventral anchor. 7. Dorsal anchor. 8. Va gi n a. 9. Copulatory complex. Figs. 2 – 3 scale of 30 μm; Figs. 4 – 9 scale of 25 μm.