Pseudocryptogonimus pakistanensis n. gen., n. sp. (Trematoda: Cryptogonimidae) from the fish Labeo rohita
Khan, A.; Bilqees, F.M.
Angewandte Parasitologie 31(1): 47-50
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3162 PMID: 2337253 Document Number: 351629
Pseudocryptogonimus pakistanensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from one specimen found in the intestine of 1 of 124 Labeo rohita from Lake Kalri, Sind, Pakistan. The new genus is placed in Neochasminae (Cryptogonimidae) and the diagnosis of the subfamily is emended. A key to the genera of the subfamily is provided. Pseudocryptogonimus is near to Paracryptogonimus and Parspina but is differentiated by the following characters: presence of spines at the basal margin of the oral sucker; a flattened, slightly transversely elongated ovary; vitellaria lateral to the ovary, confluent in the postovarian region and reaching posteriorly to the level of the testes.