Studies on Avian Cestode Genus Cotugnia Diamare, 1893 (Cestoda: Davaineidae, Fuhrmann 1907) From Gallus Gallus Domesticus

D.M.PATHAN; D. B. BHURE; SACHIN MULE

Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Studies on Avian Cestode Genus Cotugnia Diamare, 1893 (Cestoda: Davaineidae, Fuhrmann 1907) From Gallus Gallus Domesticus

D. M. Pathan, D. B. Bhure, Sachin Mule

Abstract :

The present investigation deals with a new species of the genus Cotugnia, Diamare 1893 from the intestine of Gallus gallus domesticus, from Osmanabad (M.S.) of India. The new species Cotugnia osmanabadensis Sp.Nov. comes closer to all known species of the genus Cotugnia in general topography of organ but differs due to having scolex globular, four rounded suckers, rosetellum large and oval, rectangular with hooks, mature segments oader than long, testes 110–120 in numbers, oval to rounded and Post–ovarian, cirrus pouch large oval and elongated, cirrus short, thin and slightly curbed, vas deferens tubular, curved directed anteriorly, genital pores large oval and marginal vagina posterior to cirus pouch and ovary compact, oval in shape.