Uvitellina teesae, new species (Digenea: Cyclocoelidae) from liver of white-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa (Accipitridae) in hala, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. | [Pakistan Journal of Zoology • 2007]

Author(s):

1. ALI MURTAZA DHAREJO: Department of Zoology, Jinnah University for Women,Nazimabad, Karachi, FMB,Locality Hala,Sindh,Pakistan

2. FATIMA MUJIB BILQEES: Department of Zoology, Jinnah University for Women,Nazimabad, Karachi, FMB,Locality Hala,Sindh,Pakistan

3. MUHAMMAD MUNIF KHAN: Department of Zoology, Jinnah University for Women,Nazimabad, Karachi, FMB,Locality Hala,Sindh,Pakistan

Abstract:

A new species of the genus Uvitellina Witenberg, 1923 is described from White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa and named as Uvitellina teesae, referring to the species of the host. The new species is somewhat lanceolate, with a comparatively narrow anterior and broadly rounded posterior end. Oral sucker wider than long. Acetabulum absent. Prepharynx very short. Pharynx larger than oral sucker, strongly muscular and subglobular. Intestinal ceca broad, long and united posteriorly just behind testes. Testes spherical, sub-equal, diagonal and very close to each other just anterior to the posterior cecal arch. Cirrus pouch post-furcal. Genital pore median close to the intestinal bifurcation, seminal vesicle not obvious. Ovary irregular in shape, antero-sinistral to anterior testis. Uterus thin walled. Uterine coils mostly intercecal, extending in extracecal field at some places. Vitellaria extracecal occupying lateral fields. Most of the morphological characteristics of the present species separate it from other related species. Therefore a new species Uvitellina teesae is proposed for the present specimen.

Page(s): 385-387

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Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 39, Issue: 6, Year: 2007

Keywords:

Sindh , Uvitellina teesae , Butastur teesa , Hala

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