Abstract
Present study deals with description of new Proteocephallidean Cestode genus Gangesia Woodland, 1924 viz. Gangesia intestinalis Sp.Nov. collected from intestine of freshwater fish host Wallago attu (Bleeker, 1851) at Udgir Dist. Latur (M.S.) India during the period of February, 2012 to January, 2014. G. intestinalis Sp. Nov. comes closer to all known species of genus Gangesia Woodland, 1924 in general topography of organs but differs due to scolex Triangular, arrow shaped, suckers four, medium, rostellum is prominently encircled by a double row of hooks, which are 24 in numbers, neck long, mature proglottids six times broader than long, testes medium, oval to rounded, scattered throughout the anterior region of the segment, pre-ovarian, 40-45 in numbers, cirrus pouch elongated, cylindrical in shape, cirrus thin, tubular, lies within the cirrus pouch, vas deferens long tube, genital pore rounded marginally placed, unilateral, vagina thin, tubular, runs posterior to cirrus pouch, seminal receptaculum thin, tubular, ovary bilobed, excretory canal is long, running across the segment, vitellaria granular, gravid proglottid are three times longer than broad, uterus branched and eggs oval.