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).