Lecithodendriidae

Belongs within: Microphalloidea.

The Lecithodendriidae are flukes parasitic on birds and bats (Dawes 1956).

Characters (Dawes 1956, as Lecithodendriinae): Small spinous or non-spinous distomes which are neither very compact nor extended, of intermediate form. Suckers ventral near middle of body. Gut caeca of variable length, in some instances extending almost to posterior extremity, in others scarcely reaching middle of body. Gonads variable in position; testes side by side, sometimes situated in posterior region, sometimes lateral to oesophagus; ovary dorsal, anterior or posterior, in front of or behind testes, generally on right side. Genital pore anterior, position variable, median, lateral or dorsal. Vitellaria generally comprising small clusters of follicles laterally, not anterior to caeca. Uterus with descending and ascending limbs much folded in posterior region. Eggs small, usually grouped in small masses. Excretory system with main canals V-shaped. Hosts birds and bats. Location gut.

<==Lecithodendriidae [Lecithodendriinae]
    |--Limatulum aberransK06
    |--Prosthodendrium Dollfus 1931D56
    |    |--*P. dinanatum (Bhalerao 1926) [=Lecithodendrium dinanatum]D56
    |    |--P. longiforme (Bhalerao 1926)OC03, D56 [=Lecithodendrium longiformeD56]
    |    `--P. oligolecithum Manter & Debus 1945J57
    |--Eumegacetes Looss 1900 [incl. Megacetes Looss 1899 non Thomas 1859; Eumegacetinae]D56
    |    |--E. contribulans Braun 1901D56
    |    `--E. emendatus Braun 1901 [incl. Disoma meropis Parona 1896 non Rudolphi 1819]D56
    |--Parabascus Looss 1907D56
    |    |--*P. lepidotus Looss 1907D56
    |    `--P. semisquamosusD56
    |--Pycnoporus Looss 1899D56
    |    |--P. acetabulatus Looss 1899D56
    |    |--P. heteroporus (Dujardin 1845) [=Distoma heteroporum, Lecithodendrium heteroporum]D56
    |    `--P. macrolaimus (Linstow 1894)D56
    |--Phaneropsolus Looss 1899 [Phaneropsolinae]D56
    |    |--*P. sigmoideus Looss 1899D56
    |    |--P. longipenis Looss 1899D56
    |    |--P. micrococcus (Rudolphi 1819)D56
    |    |--P. orbicularisD56
    |    `--P. oviformeD56
    `--Lecithodendrium Looss 1899 (see below for synonymy)D56
         |--L. anticum (Stafford 1905) [=L. (Paralecithodendrium) anticum]D56
         |--L. attia (Bhalerao 1926)D56
         |--L. chefresianumD56
         |--L. chilostomum (Mehlis 1831) (see below for synonymy)D56
         |--L. cordiforme (Braun 1900) [=Prosthodendrium cordiforme]D56
         |--L. glandulosum (Looss 1896) [=L. (Paralecithodendrium) glandulosum]D56
         |--L. granulosum (Looss 1907)D56
         |--L. hirsutum Looss 1899D56
         |--L. lagena (Brandes 1888) (see below for synonymy)D56
         |--L. linstowi Dollfus 1931D56
         |--L. liputianum (Travassos 1928) [=Prosthodendrium liputianum]D56
         |--L. lucifugi Macy 1936 [=L. (Paralecithodendrium) lucifugi]D56
         |--L. luzonicum (Tubangui 1928) [=Prosthodendrium luzonicum]D56
         |--L. macrostomum (Ozaki 1929)D56
         |--L. naviculum Macy 1936 [=Prosthodendrium naviculum]D56
         |--L. nokonis Macy 1936 [=L. (Paralecithodendrium) nokonis]D56
         |--L. obtusum (Looss 1896) [=L. (Paralecithodendrium) obtusum]D56
         |--L. orospinosa (Bhalerao 1926) [=Prosthodendrium orospinosa]D56
         |--L. ovimagnosum (Bhalerao 1926) [=L. (Paralecithodendrium) ovimagnosum]D56
         |--L. pyramidum (Looss 1899) [=Prosthodendrium pyramidum]D56
         |--L. spathulatum (Ozaki 1929)D56
         |--L. swansoni Macy 1936 [=Prosthodendrium swansoni]D56
         `--L. urna (Looss 1907) [=Prosthodendrium urna]D56

Lecithodendrium Looss 1899 [=Lecithodendrum (l. c.), Leucithodendrium (l. c.), Levcithodendrium (l. c.); incl. Mesodendrium Faust 1919, Paralecithodendrium Odhner 1911]^D56

Lecithodendrium chilostomum (Mehlis 1831) [=Distoma chilostomum, Prosthodendrium chilostomum; incl. D. ascidioides Beneden 1873]^D56

Lecithodendrium lagena (Brandes 1888) [=Distoma lagena; incl. Cercaria armata, D. ascidia Beneden 1872 non Rudolphi 1819, Lecithodendrium ascidia, Prosthodendrium ascidia]^D56

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[D56] Dawes, B. 1956. The Trematoda with special reference to British and other European forms 2^nd ed. University Press: Cambridge.

[J57] Jones, J. K., Jr. 1957. Type hosts of the bat trematodes, Prosthodendrium oligolecithum Manter and Debus, 1945, and Acanthatrium macyi Sogandares-Bernal, 1956. Journal of Parasitology 43 (2): 185.

[K06] Kwiecinski, G. G. 2006. Phyllostomus discolor. Mammalian Species 801: 1–11.

[OC03] Olson, P. D., T. H. Cribb, V. V. Tkach, R. A. Bray & D. T. J. Littlewood. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733–755.