Morishitium straightum, Khan, 1935

Dronen, Norman O. & Blend, Charles K., 2015, Updated keys to the genera in the subfamilies of Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902, including a reconsideration of species assignments, species keys and the proposal of a new genus in Szidatitreminae Dronen, 2007, Zootaxa 4053 (1), pp. 1-100 : 75

M. straightum ( Khan, 1935)

Type host. Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus) (Syn. Totanus glottis [Gunnerus]) ( Charadriiformes : Scolopacidae ).

Type locality. Phulpore, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Additional host. Yellow-billed blue or gold-billed magpie, Urocissa flavirostris (Blyth) ( Passeriformes : Corvidae )— Khan (1935).

Additional locality. Muktesar Kumaum, Uttarakhand, India—Khan (1935).

Previously proposed synonym. Morishitium sharadi ( Bhalerao, 1935) — Dronen &Tkach (2014).

Remarks. Originally described as Cyclocoleum straightum Khan, 1935 , this species was considered to be a synonym of Cyclocoelum ovopunctatum Stossich, 1902 (= Selfcoelum ovopunctatum [ Stossich, 1902] n. comb.) by Dubois (1965) and of Cyclocoelum obscurum ( Leidy, 1887) by Macko (1964). Morishitium sharadi was originally described as Cyclocoelum sharadi Bhalerao, 1935 (= Cyclocoelum [ Cyclocoelum ] sharadi of Bashkirova, 1950) from the yellow-billed blue or gold-billed magpie, Urocissa flavirostris (Blyth) ( Passeriformes : Corvidae ), also from India. Dronen & Tkach (2014) transferred this species to Morishitium and synonymized it with M. straightum . Morishitium straightum has an intertesticular ovary that forms a straight line with the nearly tandem testes (Hyptiasminae), a postpharyngeal genital pore and the vitelline fields are not confluent posteriorly, placing it in Morishitium . Rudimentary oral sucker present—Bhalerao (1935) and Khan (1935).