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Allopodocotyle chiliticorum n. sp. is described from the intestines of redlip shiners (Notropis chiliticus) from Basin Creek, North Carolina. The new species is characterized by circumcecal vitelline fields that are not confluent in the post-testicular space, which distinguishes it from the 3 previously known species of this genus described from freshwater fishes. The new species is characterized further by an elongate vitelline reservoir lying dorsal to the ovary, an ovary as large or larger than the testes, and an excretory vesicle not reaching the posterior testis. A. chiliticorum n. sp. most closely resembles Allopodocotyle lepomis (Dobrovolny, 1939) in body shape, testes shape, and terminal genitalia but is distinguished further from this species by the extent of the intestinal ceca. The new species is the fourth species of Allopodocotyle known from freshwater fishes in North America. |
