Deposition of type and voucher material from the helminthological collection of Elon E. Byrd

Elon E. Byrd was a prominent helminth taxonomist who published between 1930–1965. After his death in 1974, his collection was put in storage at the University of Georgia School of Veterinary Medicine. A recent examination of his collection yielded a number of taxonomically valuable specimens that should be available to research workers worldwide. This paper enumerates the specimens recovered and their deposition. Digenean families and genera represented are: Brachycoeliidae (Brachycoelium), Dicrocoeliidae (Paradistomum), Lecithodendriidae (Prosthodendrium, Pseudosonsinotrema), Microphallidae (Levinseniella), Ochetosomatidae (Dasymetra, Pneumatophilus, Renifer, Neorenifer), Plagiorchiidae (Leptophyllum, Paurophyllum, Stomatrema, Styphlodora), Proterodiplostomidae (Pseudoneodiplostomum, Pseudocrocodilicola), Spirorchiidae (Spirorchis, Henotosoma, Vasotrema, Unicaecum, Hapalorhynchus), Telorchiidae (Cercorchis); the Nematoda are represented by the Diaphanocephalidae (Kalicephalus). No attempt was made to determine current generic status or synonymies.