Brachylaima fuscata

Brachylaima fuscata (Rudolphi, 1819) Six specimens were collected from the intestine of one bird. L o c a l i t y: Nizhyn District (Chernihiv Region). Description (based on 4 mature specimens). Body elongated (fig. 1, A), with maximum width 476–542 anterior to ventral sucker; body length 2,487 –2,849. Oral sucker larger than ventral sucker. Oral sucker 241–288×211–282. Ventral sucker 150–182×145–180. Distance from anterior end of body to centre of ventral sucker 890–960. Pharynx well-developed, round, 102–174×123–168. Gonads in posterior quarter of body. Ovary between testes. Anterior testis 160–272×167–261, posterior testis 164–269×122–245. Ovary 131–162×136– 171. Vitellarium distributed in two lateral fields, extending from posterior extremity of ventral sucker to level of anterior edge of anterior testis. Eggs oval, numerous, 28–35× 16– 18 in size.
Published as part of Syrota, Ya. Yu., Korol, E. M. & Kuzmin, Yu. I., 2020, New Records Of Helminths Of The Corncrake, Crex Crex (Aves, Rallidae) From Ukraine, pp. 11-16 in Zoodiversity 54 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2020.01.011, http://zenodo.org/record/6377534