Tapeworm Species Details

Variolepis hoploporus (Dollfus, 1951) Schmidt, 1986
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 11105
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
Subfamily
Genus Variolepis
Species hoploporus
Authority (Dollfus, 1951) Schmidt, 1986
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dollfusilepis hoploporus (Dollfus, 1951) Vasileva, Georgiev & Genov, 1998
Synonyms Hymenolepis (Weinlandia) hoploporus Dollfus, 1951; Dubininolepis hoploporus (Dollfus, 1951) Yamaguti, 1959; Hymenoleopis capillaris (Rudolphi, 1810) Joyeux & Baer, 1950
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Citation(s)

Dollfus, R. P. 1951. Quelques trematodes, cestodes et acanthocephales. Miscellanea Helminthologica Maroccana. Archives de l’Institute Pasteur de Maroc 4: 104-229.

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Schmidt, G. D. 1986. Handbook of tapeworm identification. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 675 pp.

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Redescription

Vasileva, P.G., B. B. Georgiev, and T. Genov. 1998. Redescription of Hymenolepis hoploporus Dollfus, 1951, with the erection of the new genus Dollfusilepis (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 105(2): 319-329.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/06/2012 Created B. Barbeau
08/13/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Podicipediformes
Host Family Podicipedidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Podiceps
Species cristatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Podiceps
Species crisatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -collected on 16.x. 1926

Type Locality

Country Morocco
Body of Water
Island(s) BoBou Regreg valley near Selé
City/Region
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -de la vallée l´oued Bou Regreg, prés de Selé; Ipse legi

Specimens

Type Material -NHMP (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -the collection R. Ph. Dollfus, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, syntypes, from intestine of Podiceps cristatus, 16 October 1926, Rabat Sale, Morocco (2 slides, whole mounts): I slide containing stained fragments of strobila; I slide containing a scolex.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.