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Levinseniella Deblocki, New Species (Trematoda: Digenea: Microphallidae) From Salt Marshes Along The Eastern Gulf Of Mexico With Notes On Its Functional Morphology And Life History, Richard W. Heard, John M. Kinsella

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Levinseniella (Austromicrophallus) deblocki, n. sp., was collected during parasitologic studies of homeothermic vertebrates from salt marshes along the coast of the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Because L. deblocki lacks a femal epouch, it belongs to the subgenus Monarrhenos proposed by Deblock and Pearson (1970). However, since Deblock and Pearson did not explicitly designate a type species for Monarrhenos, it is not available and is a nomen nudum. The next available name, Austormicrophallus Szidat, 1964, a genus synonymized with Levinseniella Stiles and Hassall, 1901 by Deblock (1978), is reinstated as a subgenus to receive the species …