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Matabelea Mettrick, 1963
Cyclophyllidea: Paruterinidae
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Species ID 2089
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Paruterinidae
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Genus Matabelea
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Authority Mettrick, 1963
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Mettrick, D. F. 1963. Some cestodes from birds of prey of the family Aquilidae. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 30: 237-244.

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Scientific Name Notes -valid genus (see Georgiev, Bray & Gibson, 1994) -initially erected in Dilepididae by Mettrick, 1963 -type species: Matabelea aetodex Mettrick, 1963

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03/15/2004 Created Caira , Georgiev
04/14/2011Modified
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips

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