Tapeworm Species Details

Vandiermenia beveridgei de Chambrier & de Chambrier, 2010
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 11983
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Acanthotaeniinae
Genus Vandiermenia
Species beveridgei
Authority de Chambrier & de Chambrier, 2010
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

de Chambrier, S. and A. de Chambrier. 2010. Two new genera and two new species of proteocephalidean tapeworms (Eucestoda) from reptiles and amphibians in Australia. Folia Parasitologica 57(4): 263-279.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/23/2013 Created B. Barbeau
06/10/2014Modified
04/27/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/28/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Elapidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Pseudechis
Species porphyriacus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pseudechis
Species porphyriacus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Narrara, Gosford District, NSW
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype AHC 20080 (= SAM 2293), Narrara, Gosford District, NSW, Australia, 1910, collected by L. Gallard Paratype SAM 32339, Western Plain Zoo, Dubbo, NSW, 8.6.1999; paratype AHC 3778, Adelaide Zoo, "from queensland"; paratype AHC 28405, Richmond, NSW, 1909. Other material in alcohol: paratype AHC 3778, Adelaide Zoo, "from Queensland".
Total Number of Type Specimens Based on 7 specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.