Tapeworm Species Details

Wenyonia gracilis Schaeffner, van Rooyen, Gerber, Scholz et Smit, 2020
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
New Search Duplicate Record Edit Record
‹ ›

Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14376
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Wenyonia
Species gracilis
Authority Schaeffner, van Rooyen, Gerber, Scholz et Smit, 2020
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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.

(664) Download PDF
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.

(6187) Download PDF
Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/19/2021 Created T. Scholz
08/19/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Mochokidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Synodontis
Species zambezensis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Synodontis
Species zambezensis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country South Africa
Body of Water Phongolo River
Island(s)
City/Region Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates 26.925833S, E
DD Latitude 32.325556
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Holotype at NMB (P 590), paratypes in NMB (P 591–593), IPCAS (C-846) and MHNG (PLAT-137314–137319).
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa (NMB), Helminthological Collection of the Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (IPCAS) and the Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG-PLAT)
Specimen Notes Partial sequence of the 28S rRNA gene 553 bp in length (GenBank accession number: MT945943). Hologenophore in NMB (accession number P 594).
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.