Indopolystoma hakgalense (Crusz & Ching, 1975), 2019

Chaabane, Amira, Verneau, Olivier & Preez, Louis Du, 2019, Indopolystoma n. gen. (Monogenea, Polystomatidae) with the description of three new species and reassignment of eight known Polystoma species from Asian frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae), Parasite (Paris, France) 26 (67), pp. 1-18 : 12-13

Indopolystoma hakgalense (Crusz & Ching, 1975)

n. comb. (Table 4)

Synonym: Polystoma hakgalense Crusz & Ching, 1975

A. Chaabane et al.: Parasite 2019, 26, 67 13

Type-host: Rhacophorus cruciger eques Kirtisinghe. Now Taruga eques (Günther) [ 21].

Site: Bladder.

Type-locality: Hakgala Strict Natural Reserve, Sri Lanka.

Remarks: Although the authors of the original description did not draw the marginal hooklets [ 12], the general morphology of this species, including haptor/total body length ratio (0.11) and hamuli shape (unbranched), is consistent with the diagnosis of Indopolystoma .