Tapeworm Species Details

Dibothriocephalus minor Cholodkovsky, 1916
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12183
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Dibothriocephalus
Species minor
Authority Cholodkovsky, 1916
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dibothriocephalus dendriticus (Nitzsch, 1824) Lühe, 1899
Synonyms -Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824) Lühe, 1910; -Diphyllobothrium minus (Cholodkovsky, 1916) Talysin, 1934
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Cholodkovsky, N. 1916. Sur un noveau parasite de l´homme. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal 1: 231-234.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -synonymised by Chizhova (1959)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/05/2013 Created R. Kuchta
03/18/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/26/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/23/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -received worms in alcohol send by Mr. G. Doppe Imayr collected in Transbaicalia by the members of the expedition for the study of sable hunting. Among the worms I found a specimen of a small bothriocephalus, expelled with the help of vermifuge from the intestines of one of the members of the aforesaid expedition (Mr. Svatoch).

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water Lake Baikal
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -most probably from village Sosnovka (Сосновкы), Barguzinsky District, Republic of Buryatia

Specimens

Type Material -probalby lost
Total Number of Type Specimens -1
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.