Abstract
A new trematode species Uroproctepisthmium bilqeesae sp.n. is described here from the small intestine of cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis Linn.) from Sindh, Pakistan. The new species is characterized by having body small and stout; entire tegument armed with spines, oral sucker subterminal; acetabulum median, muscular, spherical, pre-equatorial; prepharynx small; pharynx smaller than oral sucker, esophagus lined with thick epithelium; caeca reach posterior end. Testes two, tandem, contiguous, smooth, oval, subequal, equatorial or just post-equatorial. Post testicular field short; ovary pretesticular, uterus short, vitelline follicles from the level of pharynx to posterior end confluent in forebody and behind posterior testis; uroproct present and few eggs.
