Table 2. Details of the diplozoid specimens studied here from the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (SNMNH), Washington, USA and the Royal Museum of Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren, Belgium.
| Paradiplozoon ghanense (Thomas, 1957) | Paradiplozoon aegyptense (Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USNM 1367213 | USNM 1548457 | RMCA_VERMES_35512* | USNM 1355449 | USNM 1355450 | USNM 1363700 | RMCA_VERMES_35196 | RMCA_VERMES_35580 | |
| Alternate | USNPC # 071636 | USNPC # 071636 | M.T. 35.512 | USNPC # 059653 | USNPC # 059654 | USNPC # 068090 | M.T. 35.196 | M.T. 35.580 |
| Collection name | SNMNH | SNMNH | RMCA | SNMNH | SNMNH | SNMNH | RMCA | RMCA |
| Previous collection | US National Parasite Collection | US National Parasite Collection | – | US National Parasite Collection | US National Parasite Collection | US National Parasite Collection | – | – |
| Recorded as | Diplozoon ghanense Thomas, 1957 | Diplozoon ghanense Thomas, 1957 | Diplozoon aegyptensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963 | Diplozoon aegyptensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963 | Diplozoon aegyptensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963 | Diplozoon aegyptensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963 | Diplozoon aegyptensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963 | Diplozoon aegyptensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963 |
| Status | Lectotype** | Paralectotype** | Voucher | Holotype*** | Paratypes | Paratypes | Paratype**** | Voucher |
| Specimen | 1 Adult | 1 Adult | 1 Adult + 1 Diporpa | 1 Adult | 2 Adults | 5 Adults | 1 Adult | 1 Adult (Damaged) |
| Collector | J.D. Thomas | J.D. Thomas | I. Paperna | R.E. Kuntz | R.E. Kuntz | R.E. Kuntz | J.H. Fischthal | I. Paperna |
| Identified by | J.H. Fischthal | J.H. Fischthal | – | J.H. Fischthal & R.E. Kuntz | J.H. Fischthal & R.E. Kuntz | J.H. Fischthal & R.E. Kuntz | – | – |
| Date collected | Apr 1956 | Apr 1956 | 1973 | 6 Sep 1952 | 6 Sep 1952 | Aug 1953 | 1952 | – |
| Date identified | 1970 | 1970 | 1973 | 8 Feb 1962 | 8 Feb 1962 | Jan 1963 | 1959 | 1969 |
| Location | Black Volta River, Lawra Ghana | Black Volta River, Lawra Ghana | Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda | Giza Fish Market, Cairo, Egypt | Giza Fish Market, Cairo, Egypt | Giza Fish Market, Cairo, Egypt | Giza Fish Market, Cairo, Egypt | Lake Volta, Black and White Volta Confluence, Ghana |
| GPS | – | – | N 01° 8′ E 31° 32′ | N 30° 05′ E 31° 12′ | N 30° 05′ E 31° 12′ | N 30° 05′ E 31° 12′ | N 30° 05′ E 31° 12′ | – |
| Site | – | – | Gills | – | – | – | Gills | Gills |
| Host family | Alestidae | Alestidae | Alestidae | Cyprinidae | Cyprinidae | Cyprinidae | Cyprinidae | Cyprinidae |
| Host | Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850 | Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850 | Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850 | Labeo forskalii Rüppell, 1835 | Labeo forskalii Rüppell, 1835 | Labeo forskalii Rüppell, 1835 | Labeo forskalii Rüppell, 1835 | Labeo coubie Rüppell, 1832 |
| Recorded as |
Alestes macrolepidotus (Valenciennes, 1850) |
Alestes macrolepidotus (Valenciennes, 1850) |
– | – | – | – | – | Labeo cubie |
| Record | Thomas (1957) | Thomas (1957) | Paperna (1979) | Fischthal & Kuntz (1963) | Fischthal & Kuntz (1963) | Fischthal & Kuntz (1963) | Fischthal & Kuntz (1963) | Paperna (1969) |
| Remarks | Corrosive acetate, Ehlrlich’s acid heamotoxylin, Mayer’s carmalum***** | Corrosive acetate, Ehlrlich’s acid heamotoxylin, Mayer’s carmalum***** | – | AFA, Haematoxylin/paracarmine, Canada balsam | AFA, Haematoxylin/carmine, Canada balsam | AFA, Haematoxylin/paracarmine, Canada balsam***** | AFA, Haematoxylin/paracarmine, Canada balsam***** | – |
Notes:
*
Originally identified as P. aegyptense but re-identified as P. ghanense here.
**
Originally catalogued as vouchers but are designated as lectotype and paralectotype here.
***
Designated as the “type” in the original description.
****
Originally catalogued as a voucher but designated as paratype here.
*****
Information from literature and not museum catalogue or slide label.