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Diplectanids infesting the gills of the barramundi Lates calcarifer (Bloch) (Perciformes: Centropomidae), with the proposal of Laticola n. g. (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae)

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Four species of the Monogenoidea, Laticola lingaoensis n. sp., L. latesi (Tripathi, 1957) n. comb. [previously Pseudorhabdosynochus latesi (Tripathi, 1957) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986], L. paralatesi (Nagibina, 1976) n. comb. [previously Diplectanum paralatesi Nagibina, 1976] and Diplectanum penangi Liang & Leong, 1991, are reported from the gills of Lates calcarifer (Centropomidae) from the South China Sea (new geographical records for L. latesi and D. penangi). Collections from off Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia, represent a new geographic record for L. paralatesi; Chilka Lake, Orissa, India, is established as the type-locality for L. latesi. Laticola n. g. (Diplectanidae) is proposed for species with a spoon-shaped copulatory organ with two to four concentric incomplete ridges in the base. Laticola lingaoensis, the type-species of Laticola, is described, and L. latesi and L. paralatesi are redescribed based on specimens from the South China Sea. Pseudorhabdosynochus monosquamodiscusi Balasuriya & Leong, 1995 and Pseudorhabdosynochus yangjiangenesis Wu & Li, 2005 are considered junior subjective synonyms of L. latesi and L. paralatesi, respectively.

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The authors are grateful to Ian Whittington and Rissa Williams, University of Adelaide, South Australia, for providing specimens of Laticola paralatesi from Australia; to Leslie Chisholm, University of Adelaide, South Australia, and David Gibson, Natural History Museum, London, UK, for assistance during attempts to locate type-specimens from India; to Li Daqin and Lua H. K., National University of Singapore, Singapore, for the loan of specimens from the Zoological Reference Collection; to Pavel Gerasev, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia, for examining the type-specimens of Diplectanum paralatesi and providing sketches of their vaginal valves; and to Marina Kazakevich, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, for providing a translation from Russian of the description of D. paralatesi. Financial support was provided through grants from the National Natural Science Fund (30370242), the National 863 Science and Technology Project (2001AA621010) and the Science and Technology Projects of Guangdong Province (2002C20312). The Lingnan Foundation supported Yang Tingbao during his research stay at Idaho State University.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, 510275, China

    Yang Tingbao, Sun Yuan, Zhang Jianying & Shi Suhua

  2. Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, College of Health Professions, Box 8090, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, 83209, USA

    Delane C. Kritsky

  3. Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226 001, India

    N. Agrawal

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Tingbao, Y., Kritsky, D.C., Yuan, S. et al. Diplectanids infesting the gills of the barramundi Lates calcarifer (Bloch) (Perciformes: Centropomidae), with the proposal of Laticola n. g. (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae). Syst Parasitol 63, 125–139 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-005-9006-6

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