Authors : S. N. Pokale
Page Nos : 122-125
Description :
Blanchard, 1891 (Davaine, 1860) erected a new genus, Davainea with its type species D. proglottina from Gallus domesticus. The present communication deals with the description of a new specie, as Davainea domesticusaen. sp., which having scolex is small, round in shape, 0.248 to 0.456 in diameter the rostellar hooks are 460 in number, testes are 21 in number and length of cirrus pouch is 0.599mm and Collected from Gallus domesticus, at Tisgaon, Dist. Ahmednagar, M. S. India.