LARVAL TREMATODES RECOVERED FROM MELANIA TUBERCULATA IN ASSIUT PROVINCE Part 1

Document Type : Research article

Authors

The Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Assiut University

Abstract

The larval trematodes recovered from Melania tuberculata in Assiut Provirce have been described and illustrated. Eight types of cercariae have been found, four of which will be discussed in this paper, these aje. 1. Two types fo pasa pleurolphccercous cencaria, one of which (Tyse A) is identical with that described by EL-GINDY and HANNA (1963) while type (B) is suggested to be new.
2. Two types of xiphidiccercaria, one of them was identified as Cercaria p < /em>yron.idım AZIM, 1936 ard the second type is su gested to be a new species. In addition it is a new record in Egypt..