Resumen

FLORES, VERÓNICA; BRUGNI, NORMA  y  SEIJAS, SUSANA. New host and locality records for Urotocus fusiformis (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae) in Pteroptochos tarnii, a native bird of Patagonia (Argentina). Parasitol. latinoam. [online]. 2003, vol.58, n.1-2, pp. 78-79. ISSN 0717-7712.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-77122003000100014.

Urotocus fusiformis is reported parasitizing rectum of Pteroptochos tarnii (Rhinocryptidae) a native bird from Argentinian Patagonian cold temperate forest. Specimens were mounted "in toto" and morphometric data are given. Morphology and dimensions of these specimens conform to the original description. This is the first record for this host and for Argentina

Palabras llave : Urotocus fusiformis; Digenea; Pteroptochos tarnii; Patagonia; Argentina.