Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 65. (Budapest 1973)
Matskási, I.: Two fluke species, Leipertrema vietnamense sp. n., and Ogmocotyle indica (Bhalerao, 1942) from rodents in Vietnam (Trematodes)
Follicles beginning behind testes and ventral sucker, and also terminating after a short section. The two vitellary groups separated by a wide space, filled by ovary and uterus full with eggs. The trend of vitellary glands towards median line observable also in this species. Excretory bladder I-shaped. The genus Leipertrema was, described by SANDOSHAM (1951) on the basis of flukes collected from the pancreas of an orangoutang in Borneo. ROHDE (1963) added another species (L. vitellarioloterale) parasitizing in the gut of a squirrel species (Callosciurus notatus) in Malaysia. The new species, L. vietnaniense, collected in Vietnam, is the third known taxon of the genus. YAMAGTTTI (1958) relegated the genus Leipertrema to the distinct subfamily (Leipertrematinae YAMAGUTI, 1958, containing only this genus), within the family Dicroooeliidae. The subfamily is separable from the other subfamilies on the basis of comparative location to each other of the testes and caeca. Whereas in the subfamily Dicrocoeliinae the testes are intercaecal, they take up an extracaecal position in the Leipertrematinae. The shortness of the caeca is also a characteristic of the genus Leipertrema. The position of the vitellary glands is also an important generic feature. The laterally situated gland groups begin behind the testes and the acetabulum, and also terminate after a very short stretch. The definite trend of the follicles approaching the median line is also observable. The species collected in Vietnam differs primarly by the extraordinarily small size of the testes from the other tw T o species of the genus. While the testes of L. Figs. 1-2. Leipertrema vietnamense sp. n., holotype: 1 =contraded specimen, 2 = normal specimen. — Fig. 3. Ogmocotyle indica (BHALERAO, 1942)
