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Dilepis pifanoi Díaz-Ungría & Jordano, 1958
Cyclophyllidea: Metadilepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1976
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Metadilepididae
Subfamily
Genus Dilepis
Species pifanoi
Authority Díaz-Ungría & Jordano, 1958
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Urutaulepis pifanoi (Díaz-Ungría & Jordano, 1958) Georgiev & Vaucher, 2003
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Díaz-Ungría, C. and D. Jordano. 1958. Cestodes de Venezuela. - III) Dilepis pifanoi nov. sp. (Cestoda dilepididae), parásita del Nyctibius griseus (Aves: Caprimulgi) . Revista Ibérica de Parasitologia 18: 3-12.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/16/2004 Created Caira , Georgiev
02/11/2010Modified

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Nyctibius
Species griseus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Venezuela
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Isla Margarita
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities -
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -Museo de Historia Natural La Sall. Caracas, Venezuela (type) -Insituto Nacional de Parasitología, Granada (Espana), y Laboratorio de Biología, facultad de Veterinaria, Córdoba, Spain -Georgiev & Vaucher (2003) indicate a paratype at: MHNG 112/77
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.