New host record Echinostoma paraulum (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in house crow (Corvus splendens vieillot, 1817) of district Khairpur, sindh, Pakistan
Moomal Memon, Nadir Ali Birmani, Abdul Manan Shaikh and Khadim Hussain Memon
In the present study, Echinostoma paraulum (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) is described from intestine of the bird house crow Corvus splendens of Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan. This represents a new host record and the present specimen resemble with type of specimen Echinostoma atrae but is distinguished from it in having larger body size, 38 collar spines, oral sucker larger, ovary spherical, pretesticular, anterior testis smaller, uterus consists of numerous delicate transverse coils winding between ovary and acetabulum.
Moomal Memon, Nadir Ali Birmani, Abdul Manan Shaikh, Khadim Hussain Memon. New host record Echinostoma paraulum (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in house crow (Corvus splendens vieillot, 1817) of district Khairpur, sindh, Pakistan. J Entomol Zool Stud 2018;6(5):586-589.