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Insectivorolepis auritus Irzhavsky, Gulyaev & Kornienko, 2005
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12672
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
Subfamily
Genus Insectivorolepis
Species auritus
Authority Irzhavsky, Gulyaev & Kornienko, 2005
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By A. Makarikov
Citation(s)

Irzhavsky, S.V., V.D. Gulyaev, and S.A. Kornienko. 2005. [Insectivorolepis auritus sp. n. (Cyclophyllidea, Hymenolepididae), a new species of cestodes from shrews of Central Caucasus.]. In The problems of cestodology, Vol. 3, . Zoologicheskiy Institut RAN, St. Petersburg, 160-169 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes The genus Insectivorolepis is currently considered as a synonim of Soricinia Spasskii & Spasskaya, 1954 (see Czaplinski and Vaucher, 1994). However, Insectivorolepis auritus has not been transfered in Soricinia formally.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/02/2013 Created A. Makarikov
10/14/2014Modified

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Soricomorpha
Host Family Soricidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Sorex
Species caucasica
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Sorex raddei, Sorex volnuchini
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Erokko village, Urvansky District, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Central Caucasus
Coordinates
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Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype: ISEA № 1301; Parratypes: ISEA № 1302-1336
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes ISEA (Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Novosibirsk, Russia)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.