Tapeworm Species Details

Progynotaenia americana Webster, 1951
Cyclophyllidea: Progynotaeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2197
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Progynotaeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Progynotaenia
Species americana
Authority Webster, 1951
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Progynotaenia odhneri Nybelin, 1914
Synonyms
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Citation(s)

Webster, J.D. 1951. Systematic notes on North American Acoleidae (Cestoda). Journal of Parasitology 37: 111-118.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -Ryzhikov & Tolkacheva (1981) synonymized Progynotaenia americana with Progynotaenia odhneri

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/16/2004 Created Jensen, Nikolov
06/26/2012Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Charadrius
Species melodus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Calidris alba (as Crocethia alba), Charadrius semipalmatus, and C. vociferus (as Oxyechus vociferus)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Galveston Island, Texas
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Point Mouillie, Lake Erie, Michigan, USA and Brazos County, Texas, USA
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNPC No. 47355 (type)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.