Larvae of Tylodelphys Diesing, 1950 are major digenean pathogens of fish and amphibians. Tylodelphys spp. may induce mass mortality of fish and increase their susceptibility to predation. Even though Tylodelphys spp. cause substantial damage to aquaculture systems, surprisingly little is known regarding the taxonomy of this commercially important genus with a limited number of visible autapomorphic identification features. The authors obtained the DNA sequences and analyzed the molecular phylogenetics of Tylodelphys spp. adults isolated from bird hosts of Czech origin and provide comparative measurements of the analyzed species. They identified a previously unknown species complex that is subject to cryptic speciation and was previously morphologically identified as Tylodelphys excavata (Rudolphi, 1803) sensu lato. This species complex consists of three morphologically similar but genetically well-separated species. Tylodelphys excavata sensu stricto remains the dominant Tylodelphys isolated from Ciconia ciconia, which also serves as a satellite host of Tylodelphys circibuteonis Odening, 1962, which is the resurrected species for which birds of prey serve as core hosts. The authors describe Tylodelphys nigriciconis sp. n. Heneberg & Sitko as a new species identified in Ciconia nigra. By providing the first sequences of Tylodelphys podicipina Kozicka and Niewiadomska, 1960, they also show that Tylodelphys immer Dubois, 1961 is a junior synonym of T. podicipina. Further research is needed to match the provided molecular data with the DNA of larval Tylodelphys from outbreaks in commercially exploited fish species.

3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czechia

Moravian Ornithological Station Comenius Museum Přerov Czechia

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