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Pulluterina karachiensis sp.n. (Cestoda: Anaplocephalidae) from the Wild Pigeon Columba livia Gmelin
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BiologyAnimal TaxonomyPhylogeneticsNatural SciencesEvolutionary BiologyPulluterina KarachiensisAvian EvolutionPulluterina Karachiensis Sp.nZoological TaxonomyCommon Pigeon ColumbaNew SpeciesPhylogeny ComparisonWild Pigeon ColumbaParasitologyConservation Biology
A new species, Pulluterina karachiensis, is described from the common pigeon Columba livia Gmelin in Karachi. The new species is characterized by possessing small suckers; a longer neck; fewer testes, smaller in size, and the comparatively smaller size of ova. This is the second species of the genus from Pakistan and third in the literature.