Parasites of freshwater fishes and the Great American Biotic Interchange: a bridge too far?

Phylogenetic Analysis Using the 28S rRNA Gene Reveals That the GenusParacreptotrema(Digenea: Allocreadiidae) Is Not Monophyletic; Description of Two New Genera and One New Species

(2016) Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Mesoamerican endemic freshwater fish family Profundulidae (Cyprinodontiformes: Actinopterygii)

(2016) Felipe Morcillo et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Trematode diversity in freshwater fishes of the Globe II: ‘New World’

(2016) Anindo Choudhury et al.   SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY

Molecular and morphological characterization of Austrodiplostomum ostrowskiae Dronen, 2009 (Digenea: Diplostomatidae), a parasite of cormorants in the Americas

(2015) M. García-Varela et al.   JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny of Neotropical monogeneans (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from catfishes (Siluriformes)

(2015) Carlos A Mendoza-Palmero et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The use of mitochondrial and nuclear sequences in prospecting for cryptic species in Tabascotrema verai (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae), a parasite of Petenia splendida (Cichlidae) in Middle America

(2015) U. Razo-Mendivil et al.   PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Morphological and molecular description of eight new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from poeciliid fishes, collected in their natural distribution range in the Gulf of Mexico slope, Mexico

(2015) Adriana García-Vásquez et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Biological evidence supports an early and complex emergence of the Isthmus of Panama

(2015) Christine D. Bacon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway

(2015) C. Montes et al.   SCIENCE

Prosthenystera oonastica n. sp. (Digenea: Callodistomidae) from ictalurid catfishes in southeastern United States and molecular evidence differentiating species in the genus across Americas

(2015) Vasyl V. Tkach et al.   SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY

Checklist of the helminth parasites of the genus Profundulus Hubbs, 1924 (Cyprinodontiformes, Profundulidae), an endemic family of freshwater fishes in Middle-America

(2015) Carlos Daniel Pinacho-Pinacho et al.   ZooKeys

A large 28S rDNA-based phylogeny confirms the limitations of established morphological characters for classification of proteocephalidean tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda)

(2015) Jean Mariaux et al.   ZooKeys

Checklist of the species of Neoechinorhynchus (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) in fishes and turtles in Middle-America, and their delimitation based on sequences of the 28S rDNA

(2015) CARLOS DANIEL PINACHO-PINACHO et al.   ZOOTAXA

The invasive tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934 in the endangered killifish Profundulus candalarius Hubbs, 1924 in Chiapas, Mexico

(2015) Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez et al.   BioInvasions Records

Systematic and historical biogeography of the Bryconidae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes) suggesting a new rearrangement of its genera and an old origin of Mesoamerican ichthyofauna

(2014) Kelly T Abe et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Derivation of the freshwater fish fauna of Central America revisited: Myers's hypothesis in the twenty-first century

(2014) Wilfredo A. Matamoros et al.   CLADISTICS

Pomphorhynchus omarsegundoi sp. n. (Acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchidae), parasite of the banded knifefish Gymnotus carapo (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) from the Parana River basin, Argentina

(2014) Nathalia J. Arredondo et al.   FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA

Classification of the Acanthocephala

(2014) Omar M. Amin   FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA

Neotropical Monogenoidea. 58. Three new species of Gyrodactylus (Gyrodactylidae) from Scleromystax spp. (Callichthyidae) and the proposal of COII gene as an additional fragment for barcoding gyrodactylids

(2014) Marlus Bueno-Silva et al.   FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA

A New Species ofAuriculostoma(Digenea: Allocreadiidae) in the Mexican TetraAstyanax mexicanus(Actinopterygii: Characidae) from Central Veracruz, Mexico, Described with the Use of Morphological and Molecular Data

(2014) Ulises Razo-Mendivil et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Characithecium (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitic on the Neotropical fish Oligosarcus jenynsii (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Pampasic region, Argentina, with the emendation of the genus

(2014) MARÍA ALEJANDRA ROSSIN et al.   ZOOTAXA

Endohelminths in Cichla piquiti(Perciformes, Cichlidae) from the Paraná River, São Paulo State, Brazil

(2014) Lidiane Franceschini et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA

Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

(2013) T. J. Near et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biogeografía de la Zona de Transición Mexicana con base en un análisis de árboles reconciliados

(2013) Alejandra Miguez-Gutiérrez et al.   Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Molecular phylogeny of the genusMargotrema(Digenea: Allocreadiidae), parasitic flatworms of goodeid freshwater fishes across central Mexico: species boundaries, host-specificity, and geographical congruence

(2013) Andrés Martínez-Aquino et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The invasive Asian fish tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934, in the Chagres River/Panama Canal drainage, Panama

(2013) Anindo Choudhury et al.   BioInvasions Records

Redescription of Polylekithum catahoulensis (Trematoda) and Anatomical Differentiation from Polylekithum ictaluri

(2012) Michael A. Barger   COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY

Phylogenetic Position of Creptotrema funduli in the Allocreadiidae Based on Partial 28S rDNA Sequences

(2012) Stephen S. Curran et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Phylogeny and biogeography of the Poecilia sphenops species complex (Actinopterygii, Poeciliidae) in Central America

(2012) Fernando Alda et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

New species of Cacatuocotyle (Monogenoidea, Dactylogyridae) parasitizing the anus and the gill lamellae of Astyanax aeneus (Pisces, Ostariophysi: Characidae) from the Rio Lacantún basin in the Biosphere Reserve of Montes Azules, Chiapas, Mexico

(2012) Edgar F. Mendoza Franco et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Neotropical Monogenoidea. 57. Revision and phylogenetic position of Scleroductus Jara & Cone, 1989 (Gyrodactylidae), with descriptions of new species from the Guatemalan chulin Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in Mexico and the barred sorubim Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus) (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) in Brazil

(2012) Delane C. Kritsky et al.   SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY

Middle America, not Mesoamerica, is the Accurate Term for Biogeography

(2011) Kevin Winker   CONDOR

New Macroderoides (Digenea: Macroderoididae) from Florida Gar, with Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus

(2011) Vasyl V. Tkach et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Phylogenetic Affinities of Auriculostoma (Digenea: Allocreadiidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species From Peru

(2011) Stephen S. Curran et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

The Great American Biotic Interchange in frogs: Multiple and early colonization of Central America by the South American genus Pristimantis (Anura: Craugastoridae)

(2011) Nelsy Rocío Pinto-Sánchez et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Integrating molecular and morphological approaches for characterizing parasite cryptic species: implications for parasitology

(2011) STEVEN A. NADLER et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Molecular prospecting for cryptic species in Phyllodistomum lacustri (Platyhelminthes, Gorgoderidae)

(2011) Rogelio Rosas-Valdez et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Parasite Inventories and DNA-based Taxonomy: Lessons from Helminths of Freshwater Fishes in a Megadiverse Country

(2010) Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

A New Paramacroderoides Species (Digenea: Macroderoididae) From Two Species of Gar in the Southeastern United States

(2010) Vasyl V. Tkach et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

What We Don't Recognize Can Hurt Us: A Plea for Awareness About Cryptic Species

(2010) Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Spinitectus osorioi (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) in the Mexican endemic fish Atherinella alvarezi (Atherinopsidae) from the Atlantic River drainage system in Chiapas, Southern Mexico

(2010) František Moravec et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Helminth parasites of freshwater fish in Chiapas, Mexico

(2010) Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Proteocephalid cestode infection in alien fish, Cichla piquiti Kullander and Ferreira, 2006 (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae), from Volta Grande reservoir, Minas Gerais, Brazil

(2009) ML. Martins et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY

Parasites and Diet of Trout-Perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) from Northwest Territories, Canada, with Comments on the Range of Crepidostomum percopsisi Nelson, Choudhury and Dick 1997

(2009) Patrick A. Nelson et al.   COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY

Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) Parasitizing the Gills of Astyanax Spp. (Characidae) From Panama and Southeast Mexico, a New Species of Diaphorocleidus and a Proposal for Characithecium N. Gen

(2009) Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Detecting a Complex of Cryptic Species within Neoechinorhynchus golvani (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) Inferred from ITSs and LSU rDNA Gene Sequences

(2009) Andrés Martínez-Aquino et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

The Great American Biotic Interchange in birds

(2009) J. T. Weir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acanthocephalus amini n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) from the freshwater fish Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Günther) (Cichlidae) in Mexico

(2009) Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado et al.   SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY

Evolutionary history of the fish genus Astyanax Baird & Girard (1854) (Actinopterygii, Characidae) in Mesoamerica reveals multiple morphological homoplasies

(2008) Claudia Ornelas-García et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Description of a New Species of Crassicutis Manter, 1936, Parasite of Cichlasoma beani Jordan (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae) in Mexico, Based on Morphology and Sequences of the ITS1 and 28S Ribosomal RNA Genes

(2008) Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Cuban genus Girardinus Poey, 1854 and relationships within the tribe Girardinini (Actinopterygii, Poeciliidae)

(2008) Ignacio Doadrio et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION