Tapeworm Species Details

Polycercus talpae Shakhmatova & Gulyaev, 1990
Cyclophyllidea: Dilepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 11405
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Dilepididae
Subfamily
Genus Polycercus
Species talpae
Authority Shakhmatova & Gulyaev, 1990
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Citation(s)

Shakhmatova, V.I. and V.D. Gulyaev. 1990. [A new dilepidid cestode from the Siberian mole]. In Redkie gel’minty kleschi i nasekomye, G.S. Zolotorenko (ed). Nauka, Novosibirsk, 26-30 pp.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
12/13/2012 Created A. Makarikov

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Soricomorpha
Host Family Talpidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Asioscalops
Species altaica
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Talpa
Species altaica
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Altai Republic (Shebalinsky and Turochaksky Districts)
Coordinates
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Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material Syntype: ISEA 641
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes All type specimens were mounted on one slide. Total number of specimens more than 100.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.