Uma nova espécie de cestóide proteocefalídeo, Monticellia belavistensis, sp.n., parasita de Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes) (Pisces, Doradidae), do reservatório de Itaipu e rio Paraná, Paraná, Brasil

In the present paper the authors describe and illustrate a new species of proteocephalidean cestode, Monticellia belavistensis, sp.n., parasite of a freshwater siluriform fish (thorny catfish). Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1833), from the Itaipu Reservoir and Paraná River, in the region of Porto Rico. This is the first reference of a proteocephalid in this host. The values of prevalence and mean intensity of infection are given and the life cycle is discussed.