Abstract:
A cestode Diocketos karachiensis n. ap. ; a nematode Physalopteroides geckonis n. sp., and a nematode of genuapharyneilon diesing, 1845, are described from common wall lizard Gecko sp., collected from University Campus and Landhi (Karachi). Diocketos karachiensis is characterised by possessing mature and gravid proglottids 11/2 times longer than broad, testis 21-35 with a tendency to be arranged in two longitudinal bands, genital pores irregularly alternating in anterior fourth of the segments, ovary with two branched lobes and large shell gland. Physalopteroides geckonis is characterized by possessings lips provided with a row of minute teeth like projections at the base, a prominent collar separating the head region, short pharynx, sessile papillae arranged as three pairs of preanal and four pairs of postanal in addition to numerous papillae-like structures at the ventral caudal region )spicules similar and subequal bearing projections on the anterior margin, and vulva in anterior third of the body. Pharyngodon sp. is peculiar in having long tubular ovary extending anterior to esophageal bulb and winding at the base of esophagus.
Page(s):
261-264
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Volume: 18, Issue: 6, Year: 1975