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Year: 2019, Issue: December
A new species of genus Neyraia singhi n.sp. (Eucestoda : Biuterinidae) from pycnonotus cafer at Kallam (M.S.).
Author:
D. V. Menkudle
Keyword:
Neyraia, Rostellar hooks, Vitelline gland, Picnonotus cafer.
Present communication deals with the new species Neyraia singhi. It differs from known species of the genus with the characters, scolex large, dome shaped, tapering anteriorly, broad posteriorly, rostellum is armed, medium, oval, with numerous rose thorn shaped hooks, suckers medium, oval, 4 in number, neck is short, mature segment medium in size, broader than long, testes are medium, oval, in a single field, 16 in numbers, cirrus pouch is medium, elongated, cirrus thin, slightly curved, ovary medium, bilobed, ootype is small, rounded, postovarian vitelline gland large in size.
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