Tapeworm Species Details

Cysticercus madoquae Pellegrini, 1950
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2223
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Cysticercus
Species madoquae
Authority Pellegrini, 1950
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Taenia madoquae (Pellegrini, 1950) Jones, Allsopp, Macpherson & Allsopp, 1988
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Pellegrini, D. 1950. Una nuova specie di larva di tenia (Cysticercus madoquae) nel dig-dig. Rivista di Parassitologia 11: 21--217.

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Redescription

Jones, A., B. A. Allsopp, C.N.L. Macpherson, and M.T.E.P. Allsopp. 1988. The identity, life-cycle and isoenzyme characteristics of Taenia madoquae (Pellegrini, 1950) n. comb. from silver-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas Schreber, 1775) in East Africa. Systematic Parasitology 11: 31-38.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/11/2006 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/26/2014Modified
05/04/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/05/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Bovidae (Antilopinae)
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Madoqua
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Madoqua
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Madoqua guentheri (according to Jones et al. 1988).
Site in Host skeletal muscles
Host Notes Metacestode is a cysticercus. Definitive hosts Canis mesomelas and Canis lupus familiaris (experimental infection) (according to Jones et al. 1988).

Type Locality

Country Somalia
Body of Water
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City/Region
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DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Kenya, Turkana district [according to Jones et al. (1988)].
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Because Pellegrini's material is not available and in order to stabilise the nomenclature, a neotype has been designated and deposited in the collection of the CABI Institute of Parasitology under the accession number S1074: other specimens are deposited under numbers 5531-5534, 5634 (Jones et al. 2010).
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.