Dr. Éva Murai szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 2. 1984 (Budapest, 1984)

Matskási, I.: Trematodes from insectivorous mammals in the Čergov Mountains (Western Carpathians, Czechoslovakia)

Trematodes from insectivorous mammals in the Cergov Mountains (Western Carpathians, Czechoslovakia) By I. MATSKÁSI (Received November 28, 1983) ABSTRACT. Rubenstrema exasperatum

, Brachylaemus fulvus and Skrjabinophye- tus soricis were found to infest Sorex araneus in the Cergov Mts; Maritrema car- pathica sp.n. is described from Neomys fodiens. I studied trematods from 58 specimens of insectivores captured between 1980 and 1983 in the Cergov Mts: Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 37 specimens, S. minutus Linnaeus, 1766 5, S. alpinus Schinz, 1 837 7, Neomys fodiens (Pennant, 1771) 8 and N. anomalus Cabrera, 1907 1 specimen. In S. minutus

, S. alpinus and N. anomalus trematodes were absent, those found in S. araneus and N. fodiens are described below. PLAGIORCHIIDAE Rubenstrenia exasperatum (Rudolphi, 1819) Host: Sorex araneus. - Localization: esophagus, stomach. - Intensity: 3-7 specimens.Date of collection: Lenartov 10-12 Nov., 1982 (2 cases). BRACHYLAEMIDAE Brachylaemus fulvus Dujardin, 1843 Host: Sorex araneus. - Localization: esophagus, stomach, intestinum tenue. - Intensity: 3-8 specimens. - Date of collection: Hertnik 26-28 Aug. , 1980 (9 cases). NANOPHYETIDAE Skrjabinophyetus soricis Jourdane, 1973 Host: Sorex araneus. - Localization: intestinum tenue. - Intensity: 1 specimen. - Date of collection: Lenartov 10-12 Nov., 1981 (1 case). MICROPHALLIDAE Maritrema carpathica sp.n. (Fig. 1) Host: Neom

ys fodiens. - Localization: intestinum tenue. - Intensity: 3 specimens. - Date of collection: Lenartov, 10-12 Nov., 1981 (1 case). Description: Body very small, as wide as long, measuring 0.225-0.227 mm in length with a maximal breadth of 0. 224-0. 225 mm. Body broadly rounded posteriorly. Tegument covered with fine spines. Oral sucker subterminal, rounded, 37. 5-39 x 37. 5-38 jjm. Acetabulum situated in middle of body, 37. 5-38 x 40-42. 5 ^im. Oesophagus bifurcating in front of * ,, Report No. 14 from the project Complex parasitological studies on small mammal populations", a co-operation between the Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, and the Institute of Experimental Biology and Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Research Station Stare Hory.