Dr. Éva Murai szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 4. 1987 (Budapest, 1987)

Raina, M. K., Sey, O.; Khan, M. D.: Paramphistomes (Trematoda: Amphistomida) of domestic ruminants in Kashmir, India

MISCELLANEA ZOOLOGICA HUNGARICA Tomus 4. 1987 p. 5.12 Paramphistomes (Trematoda: Amphistomida) of domestic ruminants in Kashmir, India By M. K. RAINA, O. SEY and M. D. KHAN (Received February 15, 1987) ABSTRACT. Eleven species of paramphistomes are described from domestic ruminants of Kashmir, namely, Paramphistomum epiclitum Fischoeder, 1904; P. gracile Fischoeder, 1901; Calicophoron calicophorum (Fischoeder, 1901) Nasmark, 1937; C. papillosum (Stiles et Goldberger, 1910); Orthocoelium dicranocoelium (Fischoeder, 1901) Yamaguti, 1971; O. dinniki Eduardo, 1985; O. gigantopharynx (Schad, Kuntz, Anteson et Webster, 1964) Eduardo, 1985; O. indonesiense Eduardo, 1980; Olveria indica Thapar et Sinha, 1945;Gastrothylax crumenifer (Creplin, 1847) and G. compressus Brandes, 1898.Of these, nine species are new to Kashmir, and in the present study paramphistomes from domestic bovines are included for the first time. The most common paramphistome was G. compressus and the least common one Olveria indica. G. orientális Bambroo, 1970 is synonymised with G. compressus. KEY WORDS: Paramphistomes, (Trematoda: Amphistomida), Kashmir, new reports, goat, sheep, bovines. Paramphistomes cause a lot of damage to live-stock in a number of different ways and also inflict mortality to them (ERSHOV, 1956; LAPAGE, 1967 and KURTPINAR and LATIF, 1970). Therefore, the study of paramphistomes parasitizing domestic ruminants is important, particularly in view of the fact that such a study has not received adequate attention in Kashmir. The references available on the subject pertaining to domestic ruminants of Kashmir are only a few which give random reports of some species of paramphistomes, viz. BAMBROO (1970) reports Gastrothylax glandiformis Yamaguti, 1939 and describes a new species G. orientális Bambroo, 1970; BALI (1971) reported Calicophoron calicophorum (Fischoeder, 1901) Näsmark, 1937; BALI and FOTEDAR (1972a, 1972b and 1973) reported Paramphisto mum skrjabini Popova, 1937, Ceylonocotyle scoliocoelium (Fischoeder, 1904) Näsmark, 1937 and described a new species Olveria thapari Bali and Fotedar, 1973, respectively; BALI (1976) in his check-list of paramphistomes from Jammu and Kashmir mentioned three more species, namely, Gastrothylax crumenifer (Creplin, 1847), Paramphistomum cervi (Zeder, 1790) and Cotylophoron cotylophorum (Fischoeder, 1901) in addition to the ones already mentioned above; DUTT (1978), while describing Gastrothylax indicus Putt, 1978 mentions that the material was from sheep from Kashmir also in addition to other places in India; RAINA and KHAN (1982) have discussed the prevalence of paramphistomes of domestic ruminants in Kashmir without identifying up to the species level and in 1983 reported excysted gastrothylacid metacercariae. All these above-mentioned paramphistomes have been reported from sheep only and no attempt has so far been made to study the paramphistomes of bovines in Kashmir. Moreover, the earlier studies have mainly been made from whole-mounts and the muscular organs have either not been taken into consideration or have not been described. Thus as a first step, an attempt has been made to make a comprehensive survey of paramphistomes of domestic ru-