Brachylaima fuscata (Rudolphi, 1819)

Syrota, Ya. Yu., Korol, E. M. & Kuzmin, Yu. I., 2020, New Records Of Helminths Of The Corncrake, Crex Crex (Aves, Rallidae) From Ukraine, Zoodiversity 54 (1), pp. 11-16 : 12

Brachylaima fuscata (Rudolphi, 1819)

Six specimens were collected from the intestine of one bird.

L o c a l i t y: Nizhyn District (Chernihiv Region).

Description (based on 4 mature specimens). Body elongated ( fig. 1 , A), with maximum width 476–542 anterior to ventral sucker; body length 2,487 –2,849. Oral sucker larger than ventral sucker. Oral sucker 241–288×211–282. Ventral sucker 150–182×145–180. Distance from anterior end of body to centre of ventral sucker 890–960. Pharynx well-developed, round, 102–174×123–168. Gonads in posterior quarter of body. Ovary between testes. Anterior testis 160–272×167–261, posterior testis 164–269×122–245. Ovary 131–162×136– 171. Vitellarium distributed in two lateral fields, extending from posterior extremity of ventral sucker to level of anterior edge of anterior testis. Eggs oval, numerous, 28–35× 16– 18 in size.

Figures

Fig. 1. General view of the trematodes found in the corncrake in Ukraine: Brachylaima fuscata (A), Prosthogonimus ovatus (B), Prosthogonimus cuneatus (C). Scale bars 500 µm.