Tapeworm Species Details

Metroliasthes maxicanus (Palacios & Barroeta, 1967) Spasskii, 1977
Cyclophyllidea: Paruterinidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14187
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Paruterinidae
Subfamily
Genus Metroliasthes
Species maxicanus
Authority (Palacios & Barroeta, 1967) Spasskii, 1977
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Hexaparuterina mexicana Palacios & Barroeta, 1967
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Citation(s)

Palacios, N. M. and L. F. Barroeta. 1967. Cestodos de Vertebrados XI. Rev. Iber. Parasitol. 27(1-2): 43-62.

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Spasskii, A. A. 1977. [Identity of the genera Hexaparuterina and Metroliasthes (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea) and remarks on the systematics of the paruterinids] (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Moldavskoy SSR. Biologicheskikh I Khimicheskikh Nauk Issue 5: 65-70.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/02/2020 Created R. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Amphibia
Host Order Anura
Host Family Ranidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rana
Species montezumae
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Lithobates
Species montezumae
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country México
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.