Tapeworm Species Details

Lucknowia raipurensis (Satpute & Agarwal, 1980) Schmidt, 1986
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 121
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Lucknowia
Species raipurensis
Authority (Satpute & Agarwal, 1980) Schmidt, 1986
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Bovienia raipurensis (Satpute & Agarwal, 1980) Mackiewicz, 1994
Synonyms Introvertus raipurensis Satpute & Agarwal, 1980
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

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

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Redescription

Ash A., T. Scholz, M. Oros, and P. K. Kar. 2011. Tapeworms (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of Clarias batrachus (Pisces: Siluriformes) in the Indomalayan Region. Journal of Parasitology 97(3): 435-459.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/13/2005 Created Scholz, A. Ash, Hanzelova
10/23/2012Modified
04/03/2020ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Clarias
Species batrachus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Clarias
Species batrachus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Not given explicitly; most probably Raipur, Madhya Pradesh (now Chhattisgarh), India.
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities India (Chhattisgarh and West Bengal)
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Holotype (strongly flattened complete worm with a damaged apical end) deposited in the School of Studies in Life Sciences, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (Chhattisgarh), India (not numbered)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material 1 specimen probably from Howrah, West Bengal, India (from J. S. Mackiewicz’s collection, now deposited as USNPC 104236)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.