Halipegus Explained
Halipegus is a genus of trematode in the family Derogenidae.[1]
The status of H. eccentricus has been disputed. In 1998, it was suggested that it be regarded as a junior synonym of H. occidualis, but this was rejected in 1999.[2] [3]
Species
The following species are accepted within Halipegus:[4]
- Halipegus africanus Dollfus, 1950
- Halipegus alhaussaini Saoud & Roshdy, 1970
- Halipegus ambalensis Gupta & Chopra, 1987
- Halipegus barabankiensis Choudhary, Ray & Agrawal, 2019
- Halipegus bulla (Fain, 1953) Skrjabin & Gushanskaja, 1955
- Halipegus ctenopomi Jones, 1982
- Halipegus dubius Klein, 1905
- Halipegus eccentricus Thomas, 1939
- Halipegus eschi Zelmer & Brooks, 2000
- Halipegus ghanensis Fischthal & Thomas, 1968
- Halipegus insularis Capron, Deblock & Brygoo, 1961
- Halipegus japonicus Yamaguti, 1936
- Halipegus kimberleyana (Porter, 1938) Skrjabin & Guschanskaya, 1955
- Halipegus mehransis Srivastava, 1933
- Halipegus occidualis Stafford, 1905
- Halipegus ovocaudatus (Vulpian, 1859) Looss, 1899
- Halipegus perplexus Simer, 1929
- Halipegus phrynobatrachi Maeder, 1969
- Halipegus psilonotae Leon-Regagnon & Romero-Mayén, 2013
- Halipegus rhodesiensis Beverley-Burton, 1963
- Halipegus spindale Srivastava, 1933
- Halipegus tafonensis Meskal, 1970
- Halipegus udaipurensis Gupta & Agrawal, 1967
- Halipegus zweifeli Moravec & Sey, 1989
Notes and References
- Thomas. Lyell J.. 1939. Life cycle of a fluke, Halipegus eccentricus n. sp., found in the ears of frogs. Journal of Parasitology. 25. 3. 207–221. 10.2307/3272505. 3272505.
- McAlpine. Donald. Burt. Michael. 1998. Taxonomic status of Halipegus spp. (Digenea: Derogenidae) parasitic in the mouth and eustachian tubes of North American and Mexican amphibians. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington. en. 65. 10–15. BioNames.
- Zelmer. D. A.. Esch. G. W.. February 1999. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of Halipegus occidualis Stafford, 1905 (Digenea: Hemiuridae). The Journal of Parasitology. 85. 1. 157–160. 0022-3395. 10207388.
- Halipegus. 725155. 13 December 2021.
