New and little-known Plagiorhynchid acanthocephala from Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands.

Abstract

The acanthocephalan subfamily Plagiorhynchinae is reviewed. Prosthorhynchus Kostylew, 1915 is synonymized with Plagiorhynchus Liihe, 1911. Plagiorhynchus subg. n. and Prosthorhynchus subg. n. are proposed within the genus Plagiorhynchus. A report is made on Acanthocephala of birds from Taiwan and Pescadores Islands including descriptions of Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) tai- wanensis sp. n., P. (Prosthorhynchus) golvani sp. n., P. (Prosthorhynchus) bullocki sp. n., P. (Prosthor- hynchus) malayensis (Tubangui, 1935), comb. n., and P. (Plagiorhynchus) charadrii (Yamaguti, 1939) Van Cleave, 1951.