Fig. 8. Ophiotaenia tkachi n in Discovering high species diversity of Ophiotaenia tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of watersnakes (Colubridae) in North America

Fig. 8. Ophiotaenia tkachi n. sp. from Nerodia fasciata confluens, host US 952 (MHNG-PLAT-0130134) (A, B, E, F) and N. erythrogaster, host US 1118 (G, H), and O. perspicua La Rue (1911) (C, D) from Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer (US 951), all samples from Oklahoma, USA. A, B – cross sections at the testicular and ovarian level, respectively; C, D – eggs; E–H – unripe eggs (without fully formed oncospheres), drawn in distilled water.