<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A new species, <italic>Emoleptalea nwanedi</italic> n. sp. is described from the intestine of <italic>Schilbe intermedius</italic>, the silver catfish or butter barbel, from the Nwanedi-Luphephe Dam in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Fish were collected using gill nets where after they were euthanised and dissected. The parasites were sampled, fixed in 70 % EtOH and stained with Van Cleave’s haematoxylin. This species represents an addition to the African cluster of <italic>Emoleptalea</italic> species previously described and differs from the known species due to its unique size, equal size of oral and ventral suckers, position of ovary and seminal receptacle, number of vitelline follicles and their size, as well as the unique ciliated receptors on the wall of the acetabulum. This is the first record of this parasite from the silver catfish and from southern Africa.</p></abstract>

A new species, Emoleptalea nwanedi n. sp. is described from the intestine of Schilbe intermedius, the silver catfish or butter barbel, from the Nwanedi-Luphephe Dam in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Fish were collected using gill nets where after they were euthanised and dissected. The parasites were sampled, fixed in 70 % EtOH and stained with Van Cleave’s haematoxylin. This species represents an addition to the African cluster of Emoleptalea species previously described and differs from the known species due to its unique size, equal size of oral and ventral suckers, position of ovary and seminal receptacle, number of vitelline follicles and their size, as well as the unique ciliated receptors on the wall of the acetabulum. This is the first record of this parasite from the silver catfish and from southern Africa.

Morphology of <italic>Emoleptalea nwanedi</italic> n. sp. from <italic>Schilbe intermedius</italic> from Nwanedi-Luphephe Dam, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

Helminthologia

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Morphology of  n. sp. from  from Nwanedi-Luphephe Dam, Limpopo Province, South Africa

A new species, Emoleptalea nwanedi n. sp. is described from the intestine of Schilbe intermedius, the silver catfish or butter barbel, from the...

Morphology of Emoleptalea nwanedi n. sp. from Schilbe intermedius from Nwanedi-Luphephe Dam, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Published Online: Jan 27, 2018

Page range: 70 - 76

Received: Jun 07, 2017

Accepted: Oct 05, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0051

Keywords
trematode, southern Africa

© 2018 P. H. King et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Morphology of Emoleptalea nwanedi n. sp. from Schilbe intermedius from Nwanedi-Luphephe Dam, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Published Online: Jan 27, 2018

Page range: 70 - 76

Received: Jun 07, 2017

Accepted: Oct 05, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0051

Keywordstrematode, southern Africa

© 2018 P. H. King et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
trematode, southern Africa