EN
Calicophoron shillongensis sp. n. occurring in the rumen of Capra hircus in Shillong, India is described. The new species is distinguished from all other members of the genus by the structure of the terminal genitalium (large ventral atrium with no ventral sphincter, weak genital papilla and wall of ventral atrium having no papillae) and the acetabulum (of cotylophoron type), and in having dome-ciliated papillae in the buccal region.