Xiha fastigata ( Thatcher & Sparks, 1958 )

Margarita Ostrowski de Núñez, Nathalia J. Arredondo & Alicia A. Gil de Pertierra, 2017, Adult Trematodes (Platyhelminthes) of freshwater fishes from Argentina: a checklist, Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (1), pp. 91-113 : 103-104

Xiha fastigata ( Thatcher & Sparks, 1958)

Dicrogaster fastigatus Thatcher & Sparks, 1958

Material deposited: MLP, USNM (type material).

Host: Mugil cephalus Linnaeus (type host, USA), Mugil liza ( Mugiliformes : Mugilidae ).

Life cycle: IH1 Heleobia conexa (Gaillard) , cysts of metacercaria free in water.

Localities: Grand Isle (Louisiana), Gulf of México, USA (type locality); Salado River relief canal and Ajo River, Samborombón Bay, Mar Chiquita Lagoon (Mar Chiquita), Buenos Aires Province.

Site of infection: Intestine.

References: Alarcos & Etchegoin (2010), Montes et al. (2012), Montes (2013), Lado et al. (2013), Montes & Martorelli (2015), Andres et al. (2015).

Remarks: Alarcos & Etchegoin (2010), Montes (2012), Montes et al. (2012), and Montes & Martorelli (2015) reported Dicrogaster fastigatus in Argentina. Recently, Andres et al. (2015) transferred the specimens described as Dicrogaster fastigatus by Thatcher & Sparks (1958) to a new genus, as Xiha fastigata . Even thougth Andres et al. (2015) did not comment on the Argentinian records for Dicrogaster fastigatus , these specimens have a spined hermaphroditic duct as it is present in Xiha ( Montes, 2013) .