Pseudoparadistomum, ROCA, 2003

ROCA, V., 2003, A new genus of Dicrocoeliidae (Digenea) from the lizard Gallotia atlantica (Sauria: Lacertidae) from the Canary Islands (Spain), Journal of Natural History 37 (11), pp. 1401-1406 : 1402

Pseudoparadistomum n.g.

Diagnosis: Dicrocoeliidae , Dicrocoeliinae. Body elongate. Tegument spinose. Oral sucker subterminal, larger than acetabulum. Ventral sucker in anterior part of body. Prepharynx lacking; oesophagus long; caeca long but not reaching end of body, extending to end of second third of the body; asymmetric, right longer than left. Testes oblique, posterior to ventral sucker, intercaecal. Cirrus sac pyriform. Genital pore median or submedian, at level of gut bifurcation or slightly posterior to bifurcation. Ovary compact, rounded, post-testicular, lateral. Seminal receptacle present. Vitellarium follicular, lateral in paracaecal fields, commencing at testicular or post-testicular level and ending close to end of intestinal caeca. Uterine coils extensive, filling most of post-testicular region. Eggs large. Excretory vesicle V-shaped. Parasitic in small intestine of lizards so far known from one host species of lizard.

Type and only species: Pseudoparadistomum yaizaensis n.sp.