Study on the species anddistribution of Paragonimus in Yunnan Province

：Yunnan Province with thespecial geographical and climate condition owns variety species and width distribution ofParagonimus. Although there have been documented 11 species of Paragonimus in literature,only 7 of them have been depicted with detailed morphology among which there are only 4with reliable classification evidence. The reliability and independence of other speciesare relied on further investigation.This paper summarized the research progress on thespecies and distribution of Paragonimus in Yunnan Province in past years, advised thatclassification research based on morphology and life history can be viewed as a foundationof classification research based on non-morphology and life history, and only the organiccombination of both of them can make the classification research of Paragonimus moreobjective and accurate.