DESCRIPTION OF BRACHYLECITHUM BILQEESAE N.SP. (DIGENEA: DICROCOELIIDAE) IN THE CATTLE EGRET FROM SINDH, PAKISTAN

Abstract

Body long, muscular; oral sucker small subterminal; ventral sucker round to oval in shape, larger than oral sucker; pharynx globular and oval. Esophagus short bifurcated almost between the suckers. Caeca terminating short of posterior end of the body. Ovary rounded to oval; uterus highly coiled extends from caecal bifurcation to the posterior end of the body. Testes symmetrical, larger than ovary, cirrus sac just posterior to caecal bifurcation with hinder region extracaecal. Genital pore just behind caecal bifurcation. Uterus well developed. Eggs numerous, slightly curved, small and elongated. This is the fourth record of the genus Brachylecithum from Pakistan