Fasciolidae Raillet, 1895

Lunaschi, Lía I. & Drago, Fabiana B., 2007, Checklist of digenean parasites of wild mammals from Argentina, Zootaxa 1580 (1), pp. 35-50 : 40

Family Fasciolidae Raillet, 1895

Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758

Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758

Hosts: Myocastor coypus (Molina) , Lagidium viscacia (Molina) (cited as L. v. boxi ), Lepus europaeus Pallas.

Site of infection: bile ducts.

Localities: Atalaya, Buenos Aires Province; Las Bayas, Río Negro Province; Andean Patagonian Region , Chubut Province .

Life history: H 1: Lymnaea viatrix d' Orbigny from Corrientes and Chubut Province; L. columella Say, 1817 and Lymnaea sp. (cited as L. palustris ) (natural hosts) from Corrientes Province ( Lombardero et al., 1979, Prepelitchi et al. 2003, 2004, Kleiman et al. 2004).

References: Wolffhügel (1909), Lahille (1918), Led et al. (1979), Kleiman et al. (2004).