Tapeworm Species Details

Hymenolepis steatomidis Hunkeler, 1972
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 11314
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
Subfamily
Genus Hymenolepis
Species steatomidis
Authority Hunkeler, 1972
Taxonomic Status
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Citation(s)

Hunkeler, P. 1972. Les cestodes parasites des petits mammifères (Rongeurs et Insectivores) de Côte-dIvoire et de Haute-Volta (Note préliminaire). Bulletin de la Société Neuchateloise des Sciences Naturelles 95: 121-132.

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Redescription

Hunkeler, P. 1973. Les Cestodes parasites des petits mammifères (Rongeurs et Insectivores) de Côte-dIvoire et de Haute-Volta. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 80: 809-930.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/07/2012 Created B. Barbeau
08/31/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Nesomyidae (Dendromurinae)
Type Host
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Genus Steatomys
Species sp. (group opimus)
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Steatomys
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Host Notes Originally three hosts given: Steatomys sp. group opimus (Nesomyidae, Dendromurinae), Dasymys incomtus (Muridae, Murinae) and Uranomys ruddi (Muridae, Deomyinae). Type host not specified. Hunkeler (1973) designates Steatomys sp. as type species.

Type Locality

Country Ivory Coast
Body of Water
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City/Region Lamto
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.