Rhinoxenus piranhus Kritsky, Boeger & Thatcher, 1988

Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A., 2005, Neotropical Monogenoidea. 47. Phylogeny and coevolution of species of Rhinoxenus (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea, Dactylogyridae) and their Characiformes hosts (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) with description of four new species, Zoosystema 27 (3), pp. 441-467 : 444-447

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scientific name	Rhinoxenus piranhus Kritsky, Boeger & Thatcher, 1988
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Rhinoxenus piranhus Kritsky, Boeger & Thatcher, 1988 View in CoL

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Rhinoxenus piranhus Kritsky, Boeger & Thatcher, 1988: 88 View in CoL , 89, figs 1-8.

TYPE HOST AND LOCALITY. — Nasal cavities of Pygocentrus nattereri (Characidae) : Ilha Marchantaria, Rio Solimões, near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 21.IX. 1983, 15. VIII. 1984, 14. IX. 1985, 25- 26.XI.1984.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Brazil. Rio Capucapu, Cachoeira das Garças, near Manaus, Amazonas, from Pristobrycon sp. (Characidae) , 1.XI.1989, voucher specimens ( INPA 446). — Rio Paraná, near Porto Rico, Paraná, from Serrasalmus marginatus (Characidae) , 1992, voucher specimens ( INPA 445); same locality, from Serrasalmus spilopleura (Characidae) , 1992, voucher specimens ( INPA 444). — Rio Uatumã, Lago Tapana, Santa Anna, Amazonas, from Serrasalmus spilopleura (Characidae) , 2-3.XI.1989, voucher specimens ( INPA 441 a-f; MNHN 173 HG-T 1 216-216 bis; USNPC 95241).

French Guiana. Lagoa Manga, igarapé Tapardou, from Pygocentrus nattereri (Characidae) , 15- 16.X.1996, voucher specimens ( INPA 442 a-b; MNHN 174 HG-T 1 217; USNPC 95242); same locality, from Serrasalmus spilopleura (Characidae) , 15-16.X.1996, voucher specimens ( INPA 443; MNHN 175 HG-T 1 217 bis).

PREVIOUS RECORD. — Furo do Catalão, near Manaus Amazonas, Brazil from Pygocentrus nattereri (Characidae) , 27.XI.1984.

COMPARATIVE MEASUREMENTS. — See Tables 1 and 2.

REMARKS

Rhinoxenus piranhus was adequately described as the type species of the genus by Kritsky et al. (1988). However, the MCO and the vaginal vestibule were redrawn for comparative purposes.