Paramonostomum bubaki n. sp. (Digenea: Notocotylidae) from the Black Coot, Fulica atra (Gruiformes: Rallidae), in South Central Pakistan

Table 1

Comparative morphological features and measurements of Paramonostomum species closely related to present species.

Species	Present species; (Size in μm)	P. parvum; Stunkard and Dunihue, 1931	P. galli; Tanveer and Chishti, 2001	P. elongatum; Yamaguti, 1971	P. alveatum; (Mehlis in Creplin, 1846) Lühe, 1909	Paramonostomum sp.; Foronda et al., 2003	P. macrovesiculum; Dharejo et al., 2006
Body size	2.24–3.26 × 0.80–1.22	0.25–0.5 × 0.2–0.35	4.35–4.45 × 1.1–1.25	2.99–3.0 × 0.8–0.9	0.78–0.90 × 0.5–0.56	1.44 × 0.51	1.88–1.98 × 0.71–0.74
Oral sucker	160–210 × 170–250	0.03–0.04	0.19–0.2 × 0.16–0.19	0.10–0.11 × 0.12–0.13	0.05–0.11	0.10	0.018–0.019
Pharynx	40–110 × 30–90	—	—	—	—	—	Present
Esophagus	30–130	—	0.1–0.15	—	—	0.04	0.23–0.25
Cirrus sac	740–870 × 130–220		1.13–1.15 × 0.25–0.27	0.02–0.04 × 0.08–0.10	0.18–0.24	0.36	0.23–0.26 × 0.11–0.13
Right testis	290–510 × 120–260	0.08–0.09 × 0.06–0.07	0.9–0.99 × 0.25	0.32–0.47 × 0.16–0.19	0.11–0.14	0.154 × 0.07	0.43–0.50 × 0.26
Left testis	270–450 × 170–260	—	0.75–1.0	—	—	0.15 × 0.07	0.45–0.50 × 0.23–0.25
Ovary	170–250 × 160–300	0.05–0.07	0.35–0.4 × 0.2–0.3	0.15–0.16 × 0.2–0.4	0.08–0.67	0.10 × 0.11	0.25–0.27 × 0.13–0.15
Seminal receptacle	80–210 × 120–300	—	Present	—	—	Present	Present
Vitellaria	From anterior margin of testes up to middle of body	From level of testes up to seminal vesicle	From middle of uterus up to anterior end of testes	From termination of uterine coils up to anterior margins of testes	From anterior margin of testes up to cirrus sac	From middle of body up to posterior end of testes	From anterior margin of testes up to level of last loop of uterus
Genital pore	Bifurcal	Postbifurcal	Bifurcal	Postbifurcal	Postbifurcal	Postbifurcal	Postbifurcal
Uterine loops	16	13-14	16–18	—	10–12	—	9-10
Eggs	190–210 × 9–11	21–24 × 11–13	20–25 × 10–15	22-23 × 12-13	21 × 10	20 × 10	75–148 × 10–13
Host	Fulica atra	Long Island duck	Gallus domesticus	Gallus domesticus	Anas sp.	Fulica atra	Fulica atra
Locality	Pakistan	New York, USA	Kashmir, India	Korea	New York, USA	Canary Island, West Africa	Pakistan