Publications

Kudlai, O., Rakauskas, V., Baker, N.J., Pantoja, C., Lisitsyna, O., Binkienė, R. 2024. Helminth parasites of invasive freshwater fish in Lithuania. Animals, 14 (22): art. no. 3293. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14223293

Faltynková, A., O’Dwyer, K., Pantoja, C., Jouet, D., Skírnisson, K., Kudlai, O. 2024. Trematode species diversity in the faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata at the western edge of its native distribution, in Ireland. Journal of Helminthology, 98: art. no. e52. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X24000397

Vermaak, A., Kudlai, O., Yong, R.Q.Y., Smit, N.J. 2023. Novel insights into the genetics, morphology, distribution and hosts of the global fish parasitic digenean Proctoeces maculatus (Looss, 1901) (Digenea: Fellodistomidae). Parasitology, 150 (13): 1242–1253. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001026

de Chambrier, A., Kudlai, O., Mcallister, C.T., Scholz, T. 2023. Discovering high species diversity of Ophiotaenia tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of watersnakes (Colubridae) in North America. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 22: 255–275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.10.006

Vermaak, A., Smit, N.J., Kudlai, O. 2023. Molecular characterisation of three species of Coitocaecum (Digenea: Opecoelidae) infecting Clinus superciliosus (Clinidae) in South Africa, with description of Coitocaecum brayi sp. n. Folia Parasitologica, 70: art. no. 015. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2023.015

Scholz, T., de Chambrier, A., Kudlai, O., Tkach, V.V., McAllister, C.T. 2023. A global survey of tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of ‘true’ frogs (Amphibia: Ranidae), including a tabulated list of all proteocephalids parasitising amphibians. Folia Parasitologica, 70: art. no. 009. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2023.009

Faltynkova, A., Kudlai, O., Pantoja, C., Jouet, D., Skirnisson, K. 2023. Prey-mimetism in cercariae of Apatemon (Digenea, Strigeidae) in freshwater in northern latitudes. Parasitology Research, 122 (3): 815–831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-07779-6

Pantoja, C., Kudlai, O. 2022. Hemiurid trematodes (Digenea: Hemiuridae) from marine fishes off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with novel molecular data. Animals, 12 (23): art. no. 3355. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233355

Achatz, T.J., Martens, J.R., Kudlai, O., Junker, K., Boe, N.W., Tkach, V.V. 2022. A new genus of diplostomids (Digenea: Diplostomoidea) from the Nile crocodile in South Africa with a key to diplostomid genera. Journal of Parasitology, 108 (5): 453–466. https://doi.org/10.1645/22-23

Faltynkova, A., Kudlai, O. , Salganskiy, O.O., Korol, E.M., Kuzmina, T.A. 2022. Trematodes from Antarctic teleost fishes off Argentine Islands, West Antarctica: molecular and morphological data. Systematic Parasitology, 99 (4): 491–523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-022-10041-9

Pantoja, C., Telles, B., Paschoal, F., Luque, J.L., Kudlai, O. 2022. Digenean trematodes infecting the frigate tuna Auxis thazard (Scombriformes, Scombridae) off the Rio de Janeiro coast, Brazil, including molecular data. Parasite, 29: art. no. 44. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2022044

Uhrovic, D., Oros, M., Kudlai, O., Kuchta, R., Scholz, T. (2022) Archigetes Leuckart, 1878 (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea): diversity of enigmatic fish tapeworms with monoxenic life cycles. Parasite, 29: art. no. 6. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2022002

Faltynkova, A., Kudlai, O., Pantoja, C., Yakovleva, G., Lebedeva, D. (2022) Another plea for ‘best practice’ in molecular approaches to trematode systematics: Diplostomum sp. clade Q identified as Diplostomum baeri Dubois, 1937 in Europe. Parasitology, 149 (4): 503–518. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182021002092

Uhrovic, D., Scholz, T., Kudlai, O., Oros, M. (2021) Disentangling taxonomy of Biacetabulum (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea), parasites of catostomid fishes in North America: proposal of Megancestus gen. n. to accommodate B. carpiodi. Parasitology Research, 120 (6): 1993–2001. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07188-7

Vermaak, A., Smit, N.J ., Kudlai, O. (2021) Molecular and morphological characterisation of the metacercariae of two species of Cardiocephaloides (Digenea: Strigeidae) infecting endemic South African klipfish (Perciformes: Clinidae). Folia Parasitologica, 68: art. no. 007. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.007

Kudlai, O., Pantoja, C., O’Dwyer, K., Jouet, D., Skirnisson, K., Faltynkova, A. (2021) Diversity of Plagiorchis (Trematoda: Digenea) in high latitudes: Species composition and snail host spectrum revealed by integrative taxonomy. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59 (5): 937–962. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12469

Uhrovic, D., Oros, M., Kudlai, O., Choudhury, A., Scholz, T. (2021) Molecular evidence of three closely related species of Biacetabulum Hunter, 1927 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea): a case of recent speciation in different fish hosts (Catostomidae)? Parasitology, 148 (9): 1040–1056. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182021000743

Pantoja, C., Faltynkova, A., O’Dwyer, K., Jouet, D., Skirnisson, K., Kudlai, O. (2021) Diversity of echinostomes (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in their snail hosts at high latitudes. Parasite, 28: art. no. 59. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2021054

Uhrovic, D., Oros, M., Reyda, F., Kudlai, O., Scholz, T. (2021) Redescription of Biacetabulum giganteum Hunter, 1929 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), description of two new, closely related species from suckers (Catostomidae) in North America, and a critical review of host specificity of species of Biacetabulum Hunter, 1927. Systematics and Biodiversity, 19 (8): 1062–1079. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2021.1970649

Schwelm, J., Kudlai, O., Smit, N.J., Selbach, C., Sures, B. (2020) High parasite diversity in a neglected host: larval trematodes of Bithynia tentaculata in Central Europe. Journal of Helminthology, 94: art. no. e120. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X19001093

Hoogendoorn, C., Smit, N.J., Kudlai, O. (2020) Resolution of the identity of three species of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) parasitising freshwater fishes in South Africa, combining molecular and morphological evidence. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 11: 50–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.12.003

Faltynkova, A., Pantoja, C., Skirnisson, K., Kudlai, O. (2020) Unexpected diversity in northern Europe: trematodes from salmonid fishes in Iceland with two new species of Crepidostomum Braun, 1900. Parasitology Research, 119 (8): 2439–2462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06724-1

Lisitsyna, O.I., Kudlai, O., Spraker, T.R., Tkach, V.V., Smales, L.R., Kuzmina, T.A. (2019) Morphological and molecular evidence for synonymy of Corynosoma obtuscens Lincicome, 1943 with Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae). Systematic Parasitology. 96 (1): 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9830-0

Hoogendoorn, C., Smit, N.J., Kudlai, O. (2019) Molecular and morphological characterisation of four diplostomid metacercariae infecting Tilapia sparrmanii (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the North West Province, South Africa. Parasitology Research. 118 (5): 1403-1416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06285-y

Lisitsyna, O.I., Kudlai, O., Cribb, T.H., Smit, N.J. (2019) Three new species of acanthocephalans (Palaeacanthocephala) from marine fishes collected off the East Coast of South Africa. Folia Parasitologica. 66: art. no. 012. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2019.012

Greben, O., Kudlai, O., Kornyushin, V.V. (2019) The intermediate hosts of Wardium cirrosa (Krabbe, 1869) Spassky, 1961 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Aploparaksidae) in Ukraine. Parasitology Research. 118 (11): 3129-3137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06453-0

Svitin, R., Truter, M., Kudlai, O., Smit, N.J., du Preez, L. (2019) Novel information on the morphology, phylogeny and distribution of camallanid nematodes from marine and freshwater hosts in South Africa, including the description of Camallanus sodwanaensis n. sp. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife. 10: 263-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.09.007

Kuzmina, TA., Tkach, V.V., Spraker, T.R., Lyons, E.T., Kudlai, O. (2018) Digeneans of northern fur seals Callorhinus ursinus (Pinnipedia: Otariidae) from five subpopulations on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Parasitology Research. 117 (4): 1079-1086. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5784-z”>https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5784-z

Kuzmina, T.A., Spraker, T.R., Kudlai, O., Lisitsyna, O.I., Zabludovskaja, S.O., Karbowiak, G., Fontaine, C., Kuchta, R. (2018) Metazoan parasites of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): A new data and review. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife. 7 (3): 326-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.09.001

Stoyanov B., Georgieva S., Pankov P., Kudlai O., Kostadinova A., Georgiev B.B. (2017). Morphology and molecules reveal a third species of the genus Posthodiplostomum Dubois, 1936 (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Europe. Systematic Parasitology, 94 (1): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9680-6

Kudlai, O., Kostadinova, A., Pulis, E.E., Tkach, V.V. (2017) The Psilostomidae Looss, 1900 (sensu stricto) (Digenea: Echinostomatoidea): description of three new genera and a key to the genera of the family. Systematic Parasitology. 94 (1): 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9681-5

Kudlai, O., Oros, M., Kostadinova, A., Georgieva, S. (2017) Exploring the diversity of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in fishes from the River Danube using mitochondrial DNA barcodes. Parasites & Vectors. 10: art. no. 592. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2518-5

Cribb T.H., Bray R.A., Diaz P.E., Huston D.C., Kudlai O., Martin S.B., Yong R.Q-Y., Cutmore S.C. (2016). Trematodes of fishes of the Indo-west Pacific: told and untold richness. Systematic parasitology, 93 (3): 237–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9625-0

Kudlai O., Pulis E.E., Kostadinova A., Tkach V.V. (2016) Neopsilotrema n. g. (Digenea: Psilostomidae) and three new species from ducks (Anseriformes: Anatidae) in North America and Europe. Systematic Parasitology. 93 (4): 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9634-z

Tkach V.V., Kudlai O., Kostadinova A. (2016) Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology. 46 (3): 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.11.001

Kudlai O., Cribb T.H., Cutmore S.C. (2016) A new species of microphallid (Trematoda: Digenea) infecting a novel host family, the Muraenidae, on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Systematic Parasitology. 93 (9): 863-876. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9670-8

Kudlai, O., Tkach, V.V., Pulis, E.E., Kostadinova, A. (2015) Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Euparyphium capitaneum Dietz, 1909, the type-species of Euparyphium Dietz, 1909 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae). Systematic Parasitology. 90 (1): 53-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-014-9533-0

Kudlai, O., Kostadinova, A., Pulis, E.E., Tkach, V.V. (2015) A new species of Drepanocephalus Dietz, 1909 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) from the double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson) (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) in North America. Systematic Parasitology. 90 (3): 221-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-015-9550-7

Patitucci K. F., Kudlai O., Tkach V.V. (2015) Nephromonorcha varitestis n. sp. (Digenea: Renicolidae) from the American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos in North Dakota, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology. 82 (2): 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1654/4775.1

Petkevičiūtė R., Kudlai O., Stunžėnas V., Stanevičiūtė G. (2015) Molecular and karyological identification and morphological description of cystocercous cercariae of Phyllodistomum umblae and Phyllodistomum folium (Digenea, Gorgoderidae) developing in European sphaeriid bivalves. Parasitology International. 64 (5): 441-447. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2015.06.007″>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2015.06.007

Kudlai O., Cutmore S. C., Cribb T.H. (2015) Morphological and molecular data for three species of the Microphallidae (Trematoda: Digenea) in Australia, including the first descriptions of the cercariae of Maritrema brevisacciferum Shimazu et Pearson, 1991 and Microphallus minutus Johnston, 1948. Folia Parasitologica. 62: 053. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2015.053

Kudlai O., Stunžėnas V., Tkach V.V. (2015) The taxonomic identity and phylogenetic relationships of Cercaria pugnax and C. helvetica XII (Digenea: Lecithodendriidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Folia Parasitologica. 62: 003. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2015.003