Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia amphiboluri (Nybelin, 1917) Wardle & McLeod, 1952
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12513
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species amphiboluri
Authority (Nybelin, 1917) Wardle & McLeod, 1952
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Australophiotaenia amphiboluri (Nybelin, 1917) de Chambrier, Beveridge, 2018
Synonyms Crepidobothrium amphiboluri Nybelin, 1917; Proteocephalus amphiboluri (Nybelin, 1917) Hughes, Baker & Dawson, 1941
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Nybelin, O. 1917. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913 XIV. Australische Cestoden. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 52 (14) : 4-48.

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Wardle, R. A. and J. A. McLeod. 1952. The Zoology of Tapeworms. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 780 pp.

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Redescription

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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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/14/2013 Created B. Barbeau
10/29/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
05/11/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
06/24/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
11/19/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/01/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/21/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Agamidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Amphibolurus
Species barbatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pogona
Species barbata
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Tamborine Mountain, Queensland
Coordinates 27°58'21S, 153°11'51E
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material - SMNH 102310–102312, 102313, 3279 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.