New host record of Neodiplostomum paraspathula noble, 1936 (Digenea: Diplostomoidea, Poirier 1886) from the black kite Milvus migrans in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. | [Proceedings of Parasitology • 2013]

Author(s):

1. N. D. Sanjota: Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

2. R. R. Ghazi: Vertebrate Pest Control Institute, Southern Zone Agricultural Research Centre PARC, Karachi University Campus, Karachi, Pakistan

3. Aly Khan: Crop Diseases Research, Institute (CDRI), University of Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract:

Morphometric studies specify that the trematodes understudy resemble Neodiplostomum paraspathula (Noble, 1936) Caballero, 1944in all essential features, from the small intestine of the bird Milvus migrans (Boddaert) in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The genus is characterized by having: smaller body size, smaller size of oral and ventral sucker, shape and size of holdfast organ and gonads, different in shape and size of eggs, The reported species of genus Neodiplostomum Railliet, 1919, is being reported for the first time from Karachi, Sindh, Hence Milvus migrans is first host record and Karachi is new locality.

Page(s): 105-109

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Published: Journal: Proceedings of Parasitology, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Year: 2013

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