A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS LAPWINGIA (SINGH 1952) FROM ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS AT AURANGABAD, INDIA
B.V. JADHAV *
DEPTARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, DR. B.A. MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY, AURANGABAD-431 002, INDIA.
R.R. DANDAWATE *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, S.D. MAHAVIDYALAYA, NEWASA-414603, INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present communication deals with a new species of the genus Lapwingia (Singh 1952) i.e. L. aurangabadensis n.sp. It differentiates from the earlier known species of the genus with the characters like scolex quadrangular, number of testes 61-65, shape of ovary bilobed, aporal lobe large, ovary near middle of the segment, vagina thin tube parallel to the anterior margin, curved, ootype small in size, and round in shape, post-ovarian. Cirrus pouch starts from genital pore, run obliquely and open into ootype. The vitelline gland is oval. The uterus is reticulate.