A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF GLARIDACRIS COOPER, 1920 (CESTODA: CARYOPHYLLIDEA), PARASITES OF SUCKERS (CATOSTOMIDAE) IN NORTH AMERICA, INCLUDING ERECTION OF PSEUDOGLARIDACRIS N. GEN.

A taxonomic study of monozoic cestodes of the genus Glaridacris Cooper, 1920 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of catostomid fishes in North America, confirmed artificial character of the genus which is split to 2 different, morphologically distinct, and not closely related genera. Glaridacris is newly circumscribed to include only 3 species, Glaridacris catostomi Cooper, 1920 (type species), Glaridacris terebrans ( Linton, 1893 ), and Glaridacris vogei Mackiewicz, 1976 , which are characterized by an elongate body, a cuneiloculate or wedge-shaped scolex with 6 shallow loculi, male and female gonopores at a distance from each other, follicular ovary, and circum-medullary vitelline follicles (lateral and median). A new genus, Pseudoglaridacris n. gen., is proposed to accommodate 3 species characterized by a shorter body, a bothrioloculodiscate scolex with a pair of deeper median bothria and 2 shallower loculi, male and female gonopores close together, non-follicular ovary, and with only lateral vitelline follicles. The species are: Pseudoglaridacris laruei ( Lamont, 1921 ) n. comb. (type species), Pseudoglaridacris confusa (Hunter, 1929) n. comb., and Pseudoglaridacris oligorchis ( Haderlie, 1953 ) n. comb. An annotated list of all species of both genera, with data on their hosts and distribution and keys to their identification, is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]