University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 001-India.
* Present address: Lecturer in Zoology, P. G. College of Science, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500 004.
Two new species of Iponema Timm & Maggenti (1966) are described from the body cavity of earthworm Lampito mauritii (Megascolecidae). The new species Iponema hyderabadensis differ from other species of the genus by its smaller size, presence of a depression at the base of the head and cuticularized buccal cavity. Iponema timmae also differs from other species in its smaller size and shape of the gubernaculum.
Iponema hyderabadensis sp. n., I. timmae sp.n
