Phyllodistomum spatula Odhner 1902

Phyllodistomum spatula Odhner, 1902 Material deposited: Information about type material not provided by Odhner (1902), MLP. Host: Bagrus bayad (Forsskål) [= B. bayad (Forsskål)] and B. docmak (Forsskål) [= B. docmac (Forsskål)] (Siluriformes: Bragridae) (type host not assigned, Sudan); Pimelodella laticeps, Rhamdia quelen. Life cycle: IH1: Palaemonetes argentinus Nobili; FH: P. laciteps, R. quelen (natural hosts). Localities: Nile River, Omdurman, Sudan (type locality); Chascomús Lagoon (Chascomús), Buenos Aires Province. Site of infection: Urinary bladder. Reference: Lunaschi & Martorelli (1990). Remarks: The existence of this African species in South America has to be carefully reviewed. The specimens studied by Lunaschi & Martorelli (1990) probably could belong to Phyllodistomun rhamdiae Amato & Amato, 1993 described from the urinary bladder of Rhamdia quelen in Brazil (see Amato & Amato, 1993).Published as part of Margarita Ostrowski de Núñez, Nathalia J. Arredondo & Alicia A. Gil de Pertierra, 2017, Adult Trematodes (Platyhelminthes) of freshwater fishes from Argentina: a checklist, pp. 91-113 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (1) on page 101, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.104068