2 NEW SPECIES OF PSEUDOTELORCHIS (DIGENEA, TELORCHIIDAE), PARASITES OF THE CAIMAN, CAIMAN-CROCODILUS-YACARE (REPTILIA, CROCODYLIA) FROM THEPANTANAL MATO-GROSSENSE, BRAZIL

Pseudotelorchis caimanis n. sp. and P. yacarei n. sp. are described ba sed on specimens collected from Caiman crocodilus yacare (Daudin) in t he Pantanal Mato-grossense, Brazil. This is the first record of any sp ecies of Telorchiidae Stunkard, 1924, parasitizing crocodilians. Pseud otelorchis caimanis n. sp. differs from P. compactus, the only species described in the genus with seminal receptacle, testes in tandem, and genital pore lateral to acetabulum. Pseudotelorchis yacarei n. sp. di ffers from the two other species for its body shape, for infecting the intestine instead of the uterus, by having regularly disposed instead of irregularly disposed uterine loops, and by having the vitelline gl ands disposed in longitudinal lateral lines instead of in lateral bunc hes.