{"title":"New nomenclatural acts in the family Lecithasteridae (Digenea: Hemiuroidea).","authors":"Konstantin S Vainutis, Anastasia N Voronova","doi":"10.1007/s11230-025-10228-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a recent study of the subfamily Lecithasterinae, we proposed a new genus to accommodate a new species and several previously described species. It has been brought to our attention that the new genus Opistholecithum Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 is a junior homonym, with Opistholecithum Baer, 1970 having priority. We here erect a new genus Alloopistholecithum n. g. to distinguish it from the dicrocoeliid genus Opistholecithum Baer, 1970. Eleven new combinations were provided. Additionally, we clarified the geographic distribution for Alloopistholecithum sandugaense (Vainutis & Voronova, 2025) n. comb.</p>","PeriodicalId":54436,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Parasitology","volume":"102 2","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Systematic Parasitology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-025-10228-w","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PARASITOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In a recent study of the subfamily Lecithasterinae, we proposed a new genus to accommodate a new species and several previously described species. It has been brought to our attention that the new genus Opistholecithum Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 is a junior homonym, with Opistholecithum Baer, 1970 having priority. We here erect a new genus Alloopistholecithum n. g. to distinguish it from the dicrocoeliid genus Opistholecithum Baer, 1970. Eleven new combinations were provided. Additionally, we clarified the geographic distribution for Alloopistholecithum sandugaense (Vainutis & Voronova, 2025) n. comb.
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Systematic Parasitology publishes papers on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of the following groups: Nematoda (including plant-parasitic), Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Acanthocephala, Aspidogastrea, Cestodaria, Arthropoda (parasitic copepods, hymenopterans, mites, ticks, etc.), Protozoa (parasitic groups), and parasitic genera in other groups, such as Mollusca, Turbelleria, etc. Systematic Parasitology publishes fully illustrated research papers, brief communications, and fully illustrated major revisions. In order to maintain high standards, all contributors describing new taxa are asked to state clearly where the holotype is deposited and to make paratypes available for examination by the referees. It is recognized that, in some cases, this may cause problems for the authors, but it is hoped that by adhering to this rule authors may be protected against rapid synonymy of their taxa, and the types will be preserved for posterity.