Platynosomum illiciens (Braun, 1901) Travassos, 1916

Heneberg, Petr, Sitko, Jiljí, Casero, María & Rząd, Izabella, 2023, New molecular data help clarify the taxonomy of Central European avian Dicrocoeliidae Looss, 1899 (Trematoda: Plagiorchiida), International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 22, pp. 276-299 : 285-286

3.1.2. Platynosomum illiciens

This species parasitizes birds and mammals from all continents except Antarctica according to morphological evidence (see Pinto et al. (2022)). Thus far, it has been unclear whether there exists a complex of closely related species or a single species that is globally distributed. Recently, identical CO1 sequences were reported from specimens collected from the domestic cat, Felis catus ( Pinto et al., 2018) , and the American kestrel, Falco sparverius ( Pinto et al., 2022) , both from Brazil.

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The CO1 sequences reported here from specimens collected from Falco tinnunculus of European origin ( Fig. 1 ) were identical to those from Brazil. Therefore, molecular evidence supports both a broad host range and global distribution of P. illiciens .

Figures

Fig. 1. Maximum likelihood analysis of sequences of the CO1 DNA locus of Dicrocoeliidae. Bootstrap values (n = 1000) are indicated for nodal support. Black circles indicate new sequences. The scale-bar indicates the number of substitutions per nucleotide site.