On a new species of <i>Haplocaecum</i> Simha, 1958, (Trematoda, Digenea) from a water snake <i>Tropidonotus piscator</i>

Abstract

A new species of Haplocaecum Simha, 1958 is described, H. proctophorum, characterized by the single caecum ending in an anus. The generic diagnosis is amended to include this and other peculiarities of the new species, and a key to the species of Haplocaecum is presented.