First report of the genus Brachylaima Dujardin, 1843 (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae)from the small intestine of common myna (Acridotheres tristis) of district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Authors

SULEMAN SULEMAN
MIAN SAYED KHAN

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1510-36

Abstract

Forty common mynas (Acridotheres tristis) of district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, were examined for digenetic trematodes. Two specimens of the genus Brachylaima Dujardin, 1843 were recovered from the small intestine of two hosts collected from different sites. Permanent slides of the flukes were prepared and the specimens were studied in detail. The trematodes were identified as Brachylaima fuscatum (Rudolphi, 1819) and Brachylaima sabahense Fischthal & Kuntz, 1974. It is the first report of the genus Brachylaima from a Pakistani bird and Acridotheres tristis represents a new host record for each of the recovered species.

Keywords

Acridotheres tristis, Swabi, Pakistan, trematodes, Brachylaima

First Page

595

Last Page

600

Recommended Citation

SULEMAN, SULEMAN and KHAN, MIAN SAYED (2016) "First report of the genus Brachylaima Dujardin, 1843 (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae)from the small intestine of common myna (Acridotheres tristis) of district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 40: No. 4, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1510-36
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol40/iss4/14