Tapeworm Species Details

Wenyonia virilis Woodland, 1923
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 126
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Wenyonia
Species virilis
Authority Woodland, 1923
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Wenyonia kainjii Ukoli, 1972
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1923. On some remarkable new forms of Caryophyllaeidae from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and a recision of the families of the Cestodaria. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 67: 435-472.

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Redescription

Schaeffner, B. C., M. Jirku, Z. N. Mahmoud, and T. Scholz. 2011. Revision of Wenyonia Woodland, 1923 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from catfishes (Siluriformes) in Africa. Systematic Parasitology 79: 83-107.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/13/2005 Created Scholz, Hanzelova
02/04/2010Modified
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
10/01/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
10/07/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
08/17/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Mochokidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Synodontis
Species schall
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Synodontis
Species schall
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Synodontis batensoda, S. budgetti, S. caudovittata, S. clarias, S. euptera, S. frontosa, S. gambiensis, S. cf. geledensis, S. nigrita, S. ocellifer, S. serrata, S. sorex
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sudan
Body of Water Nile River
Island(s)
City/Region Khartoum
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material - syntypes BMNH Nos 1923.12.4.1, 1961.3.14.81.1–3, 84, 92, 95, 97, 103, 107, 109
Total Number of Type Specimens 11 syntypes
Voucher Material BMNH 1970.8.24.32,33; 2010.8.10.14–17; IPCAS C-503; MHNG 70455, 72931–72934; USNPC 103418–103421
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.