Telorchis corti Stunkard, 1915

Paredes-León, Ricardo, García-Prieto, Luis, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, León-Règagnon, Virginia & Pérez, Tila M., 2008, Metazoan parasites of Mexican amphibians and reptiles, Zootaxa 1904, pp. 1-166 : 27-28

Telorchis corti Stunkard

Squamata (A): Intestine.

DISTRITO FEDERAL: Lago de Xochimilco: Thamnophis marcianus ( Bravo-Hollis, 1943b) . ESTADO DE Mé XICO: Ciénaga de Lerma: Thamnophis marcianus ( Bravo-Hollis, 1943b) , Thamnophis eques megalops ( Caballero, 1941a) , Thamnophis eques , Thamnophis melanogaster ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001; Jiménez-Ruiz et al., 2002); Lago de Texcoco: Thamnophis marcianus ( Bravo-Hollis, 1943b) ; Laguna de Zumpango: Thamnophis eques ( Parra-Rojas, 1983) ; San Pedro Tultepec: Thamnophis eques megalops ( Caballero, 1941a) . JALISCO: Lago de Chapala: Thamnophis eques , Thamnophis melanogaster ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001; Jiménez-Ruiz et al., 2002). MICHOACá N: Thamnophis melanogaster ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001; Jiménez-Ruiz et al., 2002); Lago de Pátzcuaro: Thamnophis eques , Thamnophis melanogaster ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001; Jiménez-Ruiz et al., 2002); Lago de Zacapu: Thamnophis eques , Thamnophis melanogaster ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001); Lago de Zirahuén: Thamnophis melanogaster ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001). TABASCO: Río Teapa: Boa constrictor , Leptophis sp. , Ninia sebae , Nerodia rhombifer ( Thatcher, 1964) .

Testudines (A): Intestine.

MICHOACá N: Lago de Cuitzeo, Lago de Pátzcuaro, Lago de Zacapu, Lago de Zirahuén, Manantiales de Cointzio: Kinosternon hirtipes ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001). NUEVO LEó N: Río Pesquería, Río Salinas, Río Santa Catarina: Apalone spinifera ( Iruegas-Buentello et al., 1991) . OAXACA: Presa de Temascal: Kinosternon sp. ( Ramos-Ramos, 1995). PUEBLA: Izúcar de Matamoros: Kinosternon integrum ( Bravo-Hollis, 1944) . TABASCO: Río Teapa: Chelydra serpentina , Claudius angustatus , Kinosternon leucostomum , Trachemys scripta ( Thatcher, 1963b) . VERACRUZ: Laguna de Alvarado: Rhinoclemmys areolata ( Herrera-Rosales, 1951) .

Specimens deposited: CNHE (748, 989, 994-95, 1096, 1239-41, 1382, 3228, 3305-06, 3343-53, 3811-12, 3819).

Notes: Species considered as a synonym of Telorchis attenuatus ( Moravec & Vargas-Vázquez, 1998a) , and re-validated recently ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001). Material from Tabasco (parasite of B. constrictor , N. sebae , and N. rhombifer ), was identified as Telorchis pseudoaculeatus ( Thatcher, 1964) , and this species is considered a synonym for Telorchis corti ( MacDonald & Brooks, 1985) . Specimens from Distrito Federal ( Bravo-Hollis, 1943b), San Pedro Tultepec ( Caballero, 1941a), Lago de Texcoco ( Bravo-Hollis, 1943b), and Laguna de Zumpango ( Parra-Rojas, 1983), were identified as Telorchis (= Cercorchis ) thamnophidis, that has been established as a synonym of Telorchis corti ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001). Likewise, a portion of the material from Ciénaga de Lerma was identified as Telorchis diminutus ( Bravo-Hollis, 1943b) , and the other as Telorchis kinosterni ( Caballero, 1941a) , a species synonymized with Telorchis corti ( Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2001). Material from Nuevo León was recorded originally as Telorchis sp. A ( Iruegas-Buentello, 1979).