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Contribution to the knowledge of some species of Raillietina Fuhrmann, 1920 (Cestoda - Davaineidae) from Columbine birds

Up to the present, Raillietina (Raillietina) echinobothrida (Mégnin, 1881), Raillietina (Fuhrmannetta) crassula (Rudolphi, 1819) and Raillietina (Skrjabinia bonini (Mégnin, 1899), all of them recovered from Columba lívia dom. L. 1758, are refered in Brazil. So, in this paper, natural infection of Raillietina (Raillietina) allomyodes (Kotlan, 1921) is pointed out for the first time in Brazilian pigeon, as a new host record. The author justifies the redescription of R. (F.) crassula (Rudolphi, 1819), which, although commonly occurring in other countries, has not been well described in Brazil.


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