A NEW SPECIES NEMATOTAENIA BUFOI (EUCESTODA: NEMATOTAENIIDAE) FROM BUFO MELANOSTICTUS AT MORE-WADI, MAHARASHTRA
A.D. LAKHE *
M.S.P.M. NEW HIGH SCHOOL & JR. COLLEGE, PARLI-VAIJNATH-431520, INDIA.
A.S. PATIL *
DEPTT OF ZOOLOGY, ARTS, SCI. & COMM. COLLEGE, DHULE-425.409, INDIA
G.B. SHINDE *
169. TAPASAYA, NANDANVAN COLONY, AURANGABAD-431 103, INDIA.
S.B. PAWAR *
DEPTT OF ZOOLOGY, DNYANOPASAK COLLEGE, PARBHANI-431 401, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present communication deals with description of new species of genus Nematotaenia Luhe, 1899, differs from all known species of genus in arrangement of gonads and position of cirrus pouch in the proglottids.