Abstract
Apharyngostrigea oderolalensis new species a member of the family Strigeidae, is described from the small intestine of the cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis Linn.) from Sindh, Pakistan. The new species of trematode is characterized by a porous, spined tegment, small oral sucker, lobe like slightly lateral with tentacular appendages which are lobe-like, the fore body is separated from hind body by a slight constriction; large acetabulum; round to oval testes; pretesticular ovary; vitellaria present in fore body and hind body. Uterus extends up to the posterior end of acetabulum. Genital cone somewhat delimited from body parenchyma. Eggs thin walled, large in size.
ALY KHAN, R.R. GHAZI, R.A. HECKMANN, N. KHATOON, M.A. AZMI. (2018) APHARYNGOSTRIGEA ODEROLALENSIS SP. N. (TREMATODA: STRIGEIDAE, RAILLIET, 1919) FROM THE CATTLE EGRET (BUBULCUS IBIS LINN) IN PAKISTAN, fuuast Journal of Biology, Volume 8, Issue 1.
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