Tapeworm Species Details

Metadilepis globacantha (Fuhrmann, 1913) Spasskii, 1949
Cyclophyllidea: Metadilepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1983
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Metadilepididae
Subfamily
Genus Metadilepis
Species globacantha
Authority (Fuhrmann, 1913) Spasskii, 1949
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms -Dilepis globacantha Fuhrmann, 1913
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Spasskii, A. A. 1949. [Metadilepis, a new cestode genus parasitizing birds] (In Russian). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 69: 1513-1515.

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Srivastav, A. K. 1985. On a new cestode, Cotugnia parakeetus sp. n. (Davaineidae) from Psittacula kameri (Scopoli). Helminthologia 22: 81-85.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2004 Created Caira , Georgiev
02/16/2010Modified

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Caprimulgus
Species europaeus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host not given
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country [Sweden?]
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Bohuslän Busholmen
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -not mentioned -Georgiev & Vaucher (2003) indicated that type material as at: MHNG No. 81/54-56 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.