Allopodocotyle chiliticorum n. sp (Digenea : Opecoelidae) from redlip shiners, Notropis chiliticus, in Basin Creek, North Carolina

Allopodocotyle chiliticorum n. sp. is described from the intestines of redl ip shiners (Notropis chiliticus) from Basin Creek, North Carolina. The new species is characterized by circumcecal vitelline fields that are not confl uent in the post-testicular space, which distinguishes it from the 3 previo usly known species of this genus described from freshwater fishes. The new species is characterized further by an elongate vitelline reservoir lying d orsal to the ovary, an ovary as large or larger than the testes, and an exc retory vesicle not reaching the posterior testis. A. chiliticorum n. sp. mo st closely resembles Allopodocotyle lepomis (Dobrovolny, 1939) in body shap e, testes shape, and terminal genitalia but is distinguished further from t his species by the extent of the intestinal ceca. The new species is the fo urth species of Allopodocotyle known from freshwater fishes in North Americ a.