Lakhe Ashok Devidasrao
Abstract
The genus Senga was erected by Dollfus in 1934, with its type species Senga bensardi from Betta splendens a siamese fighting fish, in an aquarium at Vincennes, France. This communication Senga killedharurensis sp. Nov. a Ptychobothridaen cestode of fresh water fish from Kille Dharur, M.S., India is having a scolex almost triangular with sac like two bothria and rostellum with rostellar hooks. The mature segments are broader than long, testes small and round, pre ovarian; The cirrus pouch medium, cylindrical, cirrus thin, slightly curved. The ovary medium distinctly bilobed; isthmus small and short; vagina thin tube; ootype small, round, post ovarian; vitellaria granular.