Tapeworm Species Details

Progynotaenia foetida Meggitt, 1928
Cyclophyllidea: Progynotaeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2200
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Progynotaeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Progynotaenia
Species foetida
Authority Meggitt, 1928
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Progynotaenia odhneri Nybelin, 1914
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Scientific Name Notes - Baer (1940) synonymized Progynotaenia foetida with Progynotaenia odhneri -Meggitt (1928) mistakenly labeled Figure 7 as P. flaccida (is P. foetida) and Figure 8 as P. foetida (is P. flaccida)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/16/2004 Created Jensen, Nikolov
02/17/2010Modified

Type Host

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Type Host
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Genus Oedicnemus
Species crepitans
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Burhinus
Species oedicnemus
Subspecies
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Site in Host [not given]
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Type Locality

Country “mainly from Egypt”
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Specimens

Type Material [not given] BMNH Nos. 1932.5.31.588-600 (cotypes)
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Specimen Notes -source of type material information: Nikolov (pers. com.)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.