title: Solostamenides paucitesticulatus n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Mazocraeidea: Microcotylidae) from the freshwater mullet Liza abu (Heckel) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) from Atatürk Reservoir on the Euphrates River in southern Turkey.
abstract: Solostamenides paucitesticulatus n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Microcotylidae) from the gills of the abu mullet Liza abu (Heckel) in Atatürk Reservoir in southern Turkey is described. Among other features, the new species is easily distinguished from its three congeners, Solostamenides mugilis (Vogt, 1879), Solostamenides pseudomugilis (Hargis, 1956) and Solostamenides polyorchis Zhang & Yang, 2001, by having fewer hooks on the male copulatory organ (11 to 14), testes (5 to 9), and haptoral clamps (31 to 47).
authors.affiliation: Health Education Program, School of Health Professions, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8090, Pocatello, ID, 83209, USA, kritdela@isu.edu.
authors.forename: Delane C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kritsky
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Öktener
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D045483:Rivers; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014421:Turkey