Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) pseudospiralis Moravec et Scholz, 2017

Moravec, František & Jirků, Miloslav, 2017, Some nematodes from freshwater fishes in central Africa, Folia Parasitologica (033) 64, pp. 1-39 : 32

Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) pseudospiralis Moravec et Scholz, 2017

Hosts: Synodontis decorus , Synodontis greshoffi ( Siluriformes : Mochokidae ) and Mesoborus crocodilus Pellegrin (Characiformes: Distichodontidae ).

Site of infection: Intestine.

Localities: Sangha River adjacent to Sangha Lodge, 02°59'06''N; 16°13'59''E, DSPA ( S. decorus , S. greshoffi , collected 11–15 September 2012) and Mongambe, forest stream, 02°55'26''N; 16°23'24''E ( M. crocodilus , collected 21 September 2012), both localities DSPA, Central African Republic, Congo basin.

Prevalence and intensity: S. decorus : 1 fish infected/3 fish examined; 1 nematode. S. greshoffi : 4/9; 1–3. M. crocodilus : 1/1; 1.

Deposition of voucher specimens: IPCAS N-1124.

Remarks. The morphology of present specimens corresponds to that of Procamallanus (S.) pseudospiralis Moravec et Scholz, 2017 , a species recently described from three Synodontis spp. in the Sudan and occurring also in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Moravec and Scholz 2017). Since only one female was collected from M. crocodilus , occurrence of P. (S.) pseudospiralis in this host should be confirmed by subsequent studies.