Tapeworm Species Details

Spirometra folium (Diesing, 1850)
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14393
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Spirometra
Species folium
Authority (Diesing, 1850)
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1850. Systema Helminthum, Vol. I. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae [Vienna], 679 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/25/2021 Created R. Kuchta
11/25/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/05/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Herpestidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Herpestes
Species leucurus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ichneumia
Species albicauda
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -it shoud be synonym of Ichneumia albicauda (see Wilson and Reeder 2005: Mammal species of the world) -Diesing (1856) noted "Von dieser ausgezeichneten Art wurden nur sehr wenige Exemplare von Theodor Kotschy im November 1837 im Sennaar aus dem weissschwänzigen Ichneumon oder Nims gesammelt"

Type Locality

Country Sudan
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Sennar
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -collected by Kotschy

Specimens

Type Material -NMW
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.