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New record and phylogenetic assessment of Apopharynx bolodes (Braun, 1902) (Digenea: Psilostomidae), a parasite of Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 (Aves: Rallidae)

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S.A. Vlasenkov Open the ORCID record for S.A. Vlasenkov [Opens in a new window] ,
L.N. Akimova Open the ORCID record for L.N. Akimova [Opens in a new window]  and
S.G. Sokolov Open the ORCID record for S.G. Sokolov [Opens in a new window]
S.A. Vlasenkov
Affiliation:
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS, Leninsky Prospect 33, Moscow, 119071 Russia
L.N. Akimova
Affiliation:
State Research and Production Association “Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources”, Akademicheskaya Street 27, Minsk, 220072, Belarus
S.G. Sokolov*
Affiliation:
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS, Leninsky Prospect 33, Moscow, 119071 Russia
*
Corresponding author: S.G. Sokolov; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Phylogenetic studies of aberrant species are of considerable scientific interest because their taxonomic rank in traditional systems based on morphological characters is not infrequently overestimated. Apopharynx bolodes (Braun, 1902) is one of the few psilostomid digeneans devoid of the pharynx. This is considered a sufficient basis for assigning it and similar species to the subfamily Apopharynginae. We found A. bolodes in Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 from Belarus, described it morphologically, and genotyped it by the 28S rRNA gene and the ITS2 region. It is the first molecular data on A. bolodes and the first record of this digenean species in Belarus. The phylogenetic analysis based on partial sequences of the 28S rRNA gene showed that A. bolodes is closely related to the Sphaeridiotrema spp. (Sphaeridiotrematinae). However, this phylogenetic inference has not received yet support with data on the ITS2 region.

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ApopharynginaeBelarusSphaeridiotrematinaetaxonomic structure
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 98 , 2024 , e65
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