by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Prohemistomum vivax (Sonsino, 1893) Azim, 1933 (Fig. 2-3) ETYMOLOGY:Pro (anterior) + hemi (half) + stomum (mouth) and vivax (lively). SYNONYMS:Prohemistomum spinulosum Odhner, 1913. HISTORY: This species was first described from worms collected from a kite,...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Mesostephanus milvi Yamaguti, 1939 (Fig. 2.2) ETYMOLOGY:Meso (middle) + stephanus (crown) [referring to the organization of the vitellaria in the middle of the body] and milvi for the generic name of the kite, Milvusmigrans, host from which it was originally...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
CYATHOCOTYLIDAE One group of trematodes found in the intestine of cats are Cyathocotylids, represented by the genera Mesostephanus and Prohemistomum. The adults of these trematodes parasitize the intestine of piscivorous reptiles, birds, and mammals. These flukes are...
