CERCARIOIDES WITENBERGI N.SP. (TREMATODA: CERCARIOIDINAE) FROM LITTLE GREEN BEE-EATER, MEROPS ORIENTALIS CLEOPATRA FROM ASSIUT PROVINCE

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A new species of trematode parasite was found in the small intestine of the little green Egyptian bee-eater, Merops orientalis cleopatra. It is superficially resembles Cercario ides aharoni WITENBERG, 1929. After comparing the two trematodes, the encountered paza site was found to belong to a hitherto unknown species to which the name Cerearioides witenbergi is suggested.