Metagonimus Katsurada, 1912 is a genus of small intestinal parasites. The genus comprises eight species, primarily from far-eastern Asia, with two exceptions reported from Europe. Metagonimus yokogawai, the most widespread species, is the main agent responsible for the intestinal disease, metagonimiasis, in Japan and some other East Asian countries. On the basis of the ratio of the size of the ventral and oral suckers, Metagonimus has traditionally been morphologically divided into two groups; however, the genus has not been extensively studied using molecular data. To reveal phylogenetic relationships within Metagonimus based on molecular data, we analyzed six of the seven species present in Asia using samples collected in central Japan. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of a combined 28S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2), and mitochondrial cox1 gene sequence dataset separated the six species into two well-supported clades. One clade comprised M. yokogawai, M. takahashii, M. miyatai, and M. hakubaensis, whereas the other consisted of M. otsurui and M. katsuradai. Genetic distances calculated from 28S rDNA and ITS2 nucleotide sequences and a comparison of the predicted amino acid sequences of cox1 gene suggested that M. otsurui and M. katsuradai may have diverged recently. None of the four main morphological characters used to delimit species of Metagonimus (i.e., sucker ratio, positions of the uterus and testes, and distribution of vitelline follicles) was consistent with the distribution of species in the molecular tree.

10486 2 Hotaka Ariake Azumino Nagano 399 8301 Japan

Department of Helminthology Faculty of Tropical Medicine Mahidol University Bangkok Thailand

Department of Infectious Diseases Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Hamamatsu Japan

Department of Medical Entomology Faculty of Tropical Medicine Mahidol University Bangkok Thailand

Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics Faculty of Tropical Medicine Mahidol University Bangkok Thailand

Institute of Parasitology Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences České Budĕjovice Czech Republic

Research Affairs Office Faculty of Medicine Khon Kaen University Khon Kaen Thailand

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