Pseudonematophila, Lenis, Carolina & Vélez, Imelda, 2011

Lenis, Carolina & Vélez, Imelda, 2011, Digeneans in Trachemys callirrostris callirostris and Podocnemis lewyana (Testudinata) from the Magdalena River, Colombia: description of Pseudonematophila n. gen. and amendment of Nematophila Travassos, 1934 (Cladorchiidae: Schizamphistominae), Zootaxa 3095, pp. 49-62 : 51

Pseudonematophila n. gen.

Type species: Pseudonematophila ovalis ( Cordero & Vogelsang, 1940) n. comb. (syn. Nematophila ovalis Cordero & Vogelsang, 1940 )

Etymology. The generic name is given due to its morphological similarity to the genus Nematophila Travassos, 1934 .

Diagnosis. Body large, oval, wide, ventrally concave. Tegument without spines, lateral margins of body with thin tegument and provided with ventral papillae. Acetabulum ventral, subterminal, medium; aperture oval to longitudinal. Anterior and posterior pharyngeal sphincters present, with tiny extramural pharyngeal sacs. Esophagus medium with cylindrical bulb present. Caeca straight to slightly sinuous. Genital sucker present, median, postbifurcal; cirrus – sac not strongly developed; external seminal vesicle present. Testes in tandem, intercaecal, branched to lobed or with thread–like extensions. Uterus coiled in intercaecal zone, dorsal to the testes. Eggs numerous. Metraterm ventral to male ducts. Vitelline follicles in two lateral fields, beginning at level of caecal bifurcation to level of acetabulum. Ovary small, round to lobed or irregular in shape, between posterior testis and acetabulum. Excretory vesicle V – shaped, excretory pore opens at level of anterior margin of acetabulum, dorsally. In stomach of freshwater turtles ( Podocnemis spp.) from Colombia and Venezuela.