Hyptiasmus arcuatus

• Main Authors: Dronen, Norman O., Blend, Charles K.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Platyhelminthes; Trematoda; Plagiorchiida; Cyclocoelidae; Hyptiasmus; Hyptiasmus arcuatus; Mergellus albellus; Siberia; smew
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6109100; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/317187CDFFD77729BEB0A3B29BE48C29

Hyptiasmus arcuatus (Brandes, 1892 of Stossich, 1902)— Type species Syn. H . coelonodus Witenberg, 1923 Type host. Probably the ferruginous duck, Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt) (Syn. Nyroca clangula [Linnaeus], but Nyroca Fleming is now a synonym of Aythya Boie) (Anseriformes: Anatidae). Type locality. Germany; specific type locality unknown. Additional hosts. Smew, Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus) (Anseriformes: Anatidae)— Yamaguti (1934); species of Anas Linnaeus, Anser Brisson, Bucephala Baird (Syn. Glaucionetta Stejneger), Clangula Leach, Fulica Linnaeus, Melanitta Boie (Syn. Oidemia Fleming), Somateria Leach and Turdus Linnaeus—Yamaguti (1971); common or red-headed pochard, Aythya ferina (Linnaeus) (Syn. Fuligula ferina Linnaeus) (Anseriformes: Anatidae)— Witenberg (1923). NHMUK on-line Host-Parasite Database lists 13 avian host species for H. arcuatus and the red-head pochard or red-headed duck, Fuligula ferina (Linnaeus) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), as a host for H. coelonodus (see Chertkova et al . 1994). Additional localities. Sizuoka Prefecture—Yamaguti (1934); Europe, Japan, Salvador (Brazil) and Siberia— Yamaguit (1971). NHMUK on-line Host-Parasite Database lists 8 localities and 16 references for H. arcuatus and the “European USSR (CIS)” as a locality for H. coelonodus (see Chertkova et al . 1994). Previously proposed synonyms. Hyptiasmus laevigatus Kossack, 1911, H . tumidus Kossack, 1911, Hyptiasmus oculeus (Kossack, 1911), H . magnus Johnston, 1917, H . coelonodus , Transcoelum oculeum (Kossack, 1911) (= Hyptiasmus oculeus ), and Transcoelum sigillum Witenberg, 1923 (= Hyptiasmus sigillum [Witenberg, 1923] n. comb.)— Joyeux & Baer (1927); Hyptiasmus laevigatus , Hyptiasmus tumidus , Hyptiasmus coelonodus , Hyptiasmus theodori Witenberg, 1928 — Dubois (1959). Remarks. This species was originally erected without description or illustrations as Monostomum arcuatum Brandes, 1892. Stossich (1902) considered Monostomum arcuatum to be a nomen nudum and therefore provided a minimal description with an ...