by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Pseudamphistomum truncatum (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1909 This parasite has been described from the bile ducts of cats in Europe and India. The small trematode, 2 mm long, is found within the bile ducts. The parasite appears very similar to species of Metorchis...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Parametorchis complexum (Stiles and Hassall, 1894) Skrjabin, 1913 (Figure 2-41) ETYMOLOGY:Para = near, meta = posterior and orchis = testis [thus, near Metorchis] along with complexum = for the complex coiling of the uterus at the level of the acetabulum....
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Metorchis orientalis Tanabe, 1919 Metorchis orientalis (Metorchisalbidus Hsü, 1934 is considered here to be a synonym) is probably the equivalent of Metorchis albidus and Metorchis conjunctus in Asia. It was originally described from a dog and cat in Japan and...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Metorchis albidus (Braun, 1893) Looss, 1899 (Figure 2-40) This fluke was described by Braun (1893) from the liver of the house cat. The species was transferred to the genus Metorchis by Looss in 1899 (Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Trematodenfauna Aegyptens,...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Metorchis conjunctus (Cobbold, 1860) Looss, 1899 ETYMOLOGY:Meta = posterior and orchis = testis along with conjunctus = joined SYNONYMS:Distoma conjunctum Cobbold, 1860; Parametorchis noveboracensis Hung, 1926; Parametorchis intermedius Price 1929; Parametorchis...
