ON A NEW SPECIES OF GENUS INDICOVALI PORA, SHINDE AND DESHMUKH, 1985 (CESTODA : DILEPIDIDAE) FROM VARANUS INDICUS
N.P. SANAP *
SHARAD CHANDRA ARTS, COMMERCE AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, NA IGAON-43 1 602, INDIA.
G.B. SHINDE *
TAPASAYA, NANDAN VAN COLONY, AURANGABAD-431 002 INDIA
H.K. BHAGWAN *
PG-DEPT OF ZOOLOGY, S.M.D.M.M. KALLAM, OSMANABAD-413 507
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present communication deals with a new species of the genus Indicovalipora Shinde and Deshmukh 1985 collected from Varanus indicus at Pathiri, Dist. Parbhani, M.S. India. It differ from all the known species of genus with characters, scolex oval, mature segment longer than broad, testes ! 16 in number, cirrus pouch medium, cirrus coiled, vagina wide, anterior to the cirrus pouch, ovary distinctly bilobed, Ootype is oval, genital pore Small, Vitellaria follicular, rounded,eggs Oval.
Keywords: Indicovalipora, varanus indicus,, Cestoda, Pathiri