Gyrodactylus diptychi, Hao & Zhang & Arken & Wang & Shi & Zhang & Yue, 2024

Hao, Cui-lan, Zhang, Wen-run, Arken, Kadirden, Wang, Jin-pu, Shi, Cai-xia, Zhang, Li & Yue, Cheng, 2024, Identification of a new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 (Monogenoidea Gyrodactylidae) isolated from Diptychus maculatus in Yarkand River, Xinjiang, China, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 24, pp. 100949-100949 : 100949-

Gyrodactylus diptychi n. sp. ( Figs. 1 and 2 )

Type-host: Diptychus maculates Steindachner, 1866 .

Site of infection: fins.

Type-locality: Yarkand River , Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China (75 ◦ 30′24.47″N; 37 ◦ 69′41.25″E) .

Type-material: The Holotypes: XJBCC20201201 , paratypes: XJBCC20201202-06 .

GenBank accession number: ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA: OR762714 and OR762715.

Etymology: The species was named by referring to the genus of host D. maculatus from which it parasitized.

Zoo bank: LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0FD61239-608F-4E82-8323-5CE2CEB20573

Figures

Fig. 1. Light micrographs of Gyrodactylus diptychi n. sp. (A) Hamulus-bar complex, (B) Hamuli (HA), (C) Male copulatory organ (MCO), (D) Dorsal bar (DB), (E) Ventral bar (VB), (F) Marginal hook (MH), (G) Marginal hook sickle(MHS).

Fig. 2. Line drawings of the haptoral structures of Gyrodactylus diptychi n. sp. (A & B) Hamulus-bar complex, (C) Hamuli (HA), (D) Male copulatory organ (MCO),(E) Dorsal bar (DB), (F) Ventral bar (VB), (G) Marginal hook (MH), (H) Marginal hook sickle(MHS).