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

ventral sucker into two narrow caeca. Caeca terminating at level of acetabulum. Testes ellipsoid, situated symmetrically behind acetabulum, measurements 17-18 x ll-15^im, 42.545 x 30-37. 5 pm, respectively. Cirrus sac situated in front of acetabulum. Vesicula seminalis present. Ovary ellipsoidal in shape, 22-23 x 12-14^im, situated in mid-body region at level of acetabulum. Uterus passing between the two testes, relatively short, terminating in the metraterm. Genital atrium present, situated lateral to acetabulum. Eggs 6-7. 5 x 13-15 urn, brownish, with operculum. Excretory vesicle V-shaped. Vitellary glands not constituting complete ring. The type specimens are deposited in the Parasitological Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Note. The majority of the species of the subfamily Maritrematinae are parasites of birds. Nine species have been described from mammals (LEWIS, 1966). A comparison of Maritrema species originating from mammals is given in LEWIS (loc.cit.). He described a Maritrema species from Apode mus sylvaticus, collected in the Skomer Islands (United Kingdom), under the name M. apodemicum. LEWIS discussed a Maritrema species from the intestine of Crocidura su- aveolens captured in the Scilly Isles. This species was not described correctly and it was discussed as "

Maritrema sp. " Maritrema carpathica sp.n. occurring in Neomys fodiens is closely related to Ma ritrema sp. from the white-toothed shrew and to M. apodemicum from the long-tailed fieldmouse, but differs from these species in the size and measurements of the body, the situation of vitellaria (incomplete ring), and in the position of the male and the feFig. 1: Maritrema carpathica sp.n. male genital organs. REFERENCES DIMITROVA, E. & GENOV, T. (1967): Skrjabinophyetus neomydis gen. et sp. nov. (Nanophyetidae Dollfus, 1939) from Neomys fodiens Sch. in Bulgaria. - Helminthologia, 8: 113-116. JOURDANE, J. (1973): Deux nouvelles espèces de Trématodes parasites des Sorocinae dans les Pyrénées. - Ann. Parasit, hum. comp., 48: 667-776. JOURDANE, J. & TRIQUELL, A. (1973): Digénées parasites d'Apodemus sylvaticus (L. ) dans la partie orientale des Pyrénées. Description de Macyella apodemi sp.n. - Bull. Mus. natn. Hist, nat., Paris, 91 (No. 117): 351 -361. LEWIS, J.W. (1966): Maritrema apodemicum sp. nov, (Digenea: Microphallidae) from the long tailed field mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus sylvaticus (L. ) on Skomer Island. - J. Helminth., 40: 363-374. MATSKÁSI, I. (1970): The occurrence in Hungary and the systematical problems of two species of the genus Rubenstrema Dollfus, 1949 (Trematodes). - Parasit, hung., 3_: 23-32. ZARNOWSKI, E. (1960): Parasitic worms of forest micromammalians (Rodentia and Insectivora) of the environment of Pulawy (district Lublin). II. Trematoda. - Acta parasit. pol. , 8: 127-168. Author'

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