Tapeworm Species Details

Hymenolepis finta Meggitt, 1933
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 11337
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
Subfamily
Genus Hymenolepis
Species finta
Authority Meggitt, 1933
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Citation(s)

Meggitt, F. J.. 1933. Cestodes obtained from animals dying in the Calcutta Zoological Gardens during 1931. Records of the Indian Museum 35: 145-165.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/07/2012 Created B. Barbeau
08/09/2017ModifiedA. Phillips

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Strigiformes
Host Family Strigidae
Type Host
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Genus Ketupa
Species zeylonensis
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Ketupa
Species zeylonensis
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Type Locality

Country India
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City/Region Calcutta Zoo
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes original locality not given; collected from animals necropsied at Calcutta Zoo

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Specimen Notes scolex absent
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.