Big-flat-headed flying cricket - Big-flat-headed flying cricket

Japanese: オオヒラハイキュウチュウ - おおひらはいきゅうちゅう
Big-flat-headed flying cricket - Big-flat-headed flying cricket

...In Japan, Paragonimus westermanii was previously thought to be the only parasite of humans, but since 1974, cases of human infection with P. miyazakii , which was thought to be a parasite of wild animals such as weasels and martens, have been reported. Other animal parasites distributed in Japan include P. ohirai and P. iloktsuenensis . Adults of P. westermanii are coffee bean-shaped, with a flat ventral surface and a bulging dorsal surface, and are about 12 mm long, 7 mm wide, and 5 mm thick. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Giant Flycatcher" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本では従来ウェステルマンハイキュウチュウParagonimus westermaniiのみがヒトに寄生するとされていたが,1974年以降イタチ,テンなど野生動物の寄生虫と考えられていたミヤザキ(宮崎)ハイキュウチュウP.miyazakiiの人体感染例も知られるようになった。そのほか動物寄生種として,オオヒラ(大平)ハイキュウチュウP.ohirai,コガタオオヒラ(小型大平)ハイキュウチュウP.iloktsuenensisなどが日本に分布する。 ウェステルマンハイキュウチュウの成虫はコーヒー豆状で,腹面は扁平,背面は膨隆しており,体長12mm,体幅7mm,厚さ5mm前後である。…

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