Metacercariae of Eumegacetes medioximus (Digenea: Eumegacetidae) in larvae of Odonata from Brazil

Authors

  • Hudson Alves Pinto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Parasitologia
  • Alan Lane de Melo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Parasitologia

Keywords:

trematodes, insects, dragonfly, parasites

Abstract

During studies on the participation of larval Odonata in the life cycle of trematodes carried out at the Pampulha reservoir, Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, between May and September 2011, dragonfly larvae, Orthemis discolor (Burmeister, 1839) and Perithemis mooma Kirby, 1889, were found harboring metacercariae identified as Eumegacetes medioximusBraun, 1901. This is the first report and morphological description of metacercariae of E. medioximus in the Neotropical region.
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Published

2013-06-01

How to Cite

Pinto, H. A., & Melo, A. L. de. (2013). Metacercariae of Eumegacetes medioximus (Digenea: Eumegacetidae) in larvae of Odonata from Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 13(2). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1198

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2013): v13n2

Section

Short Communications