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Year: 2018, Issue: December
Fish diversity of Wainganga river at Balaghat (M.P.).
Author:
Rajendra Singh Kushram and Shivesh Pratap Singh
Keyword:
Taxonomic studies, Valipora streptopeliae n.sp., Streptopelia decacto.
The present investigation deals with taxonomical and anatomical observations of species of genus Valipora Linton,1927 of order Dilepididae and family Dilepididaean tapeworm Valipora streptopeliae n.sp. collected from Dove, Streptopelia decacto from Parbhani (M.S.). The present form comes close to all other known valid species of this genus but differs due to some characters as in shape and size of scolex, shape and size of suckers, shape and size of rostellum, number of rostellar hooks; size of mature segments, shape, size and numbers of testes; position of cirrus pouch; vas deferense; shape and size of ovary; position of genital atrium and genital pore; position of vitelline gland; shape and size of gravid segment and shape of the uterus filled with egg capsule.
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