Tapeworm Species Details

Archigetes megacephalus Uhrovič, Oros, Kudlai, Kuchta, & Scholz, 2022
Caryophyllidea: Capingentidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14473
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Capingentidae
Subfamily
Genus Archigetes
Species megacephalus
Authority Uhrovič, Oros, Kudlai, Kuchta, & Scholz, 2022
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms -Archigetes sp. 2 of Scholz et al. 2021
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Uhrovič, D., M. Oros, O. Kudlai, R. Kuchta, and T. Scholz. 2022. Archigetes Leuckart, 1878 (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea): diversity of enigmatic fish tapeworms with monoxenic life cycles. Parasite 29: 6.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/25/2022 Created R. Kuchta
05/25/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/26/2023ModifiedK. Jensen
08/07/2023ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Catostomidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ictiobus
Species niger
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ictiobus
Species niger
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Ictiobus bubalus, Ictiobus cyprinellus
Site in Host anterior intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Chotard Lake near Vicksburg
Island(s)
City/Region Mississippi
Coordinates
DD Latitude 32.587867
DD Longitude -91.021317
Additional Localities Pascagoula River, Wilkerson’s Ferry launch (all Mississippi, USA), Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, USA.
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -Holotype from I. niger collected on 23 March 2012 (host code No. US 244b) (IPCAS C-904/3); two paratypes from I. niger (US 244b) (IPCAS C-904/3; USNM 1661735); seven paratypes from I. cyprinellus (US 242a) (HWML 216782; IPCAS C-904/1; USNM 1661734); one para- type from I. bubalus (IPCAS C-904/2).
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Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.