Tapeworm Species Details

Hymenolepis megaloon Linstow, 1901
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Species ID 14579
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
Subfamily
Genus Hymenolepis
Species megaloon
Authority Linstow, 1901
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von Linstow, V. 1901. Entozoa des zoologischen Museums der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg. I. Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences 15(3): 271–292.

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09/05/2022 Created V. Haukisalmi
09/05/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Sciuridae (Xerinae)
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Genus Spermophilus
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Genus Spermophilus
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.