Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus hernandezi Flores-Barroeta, 1955
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2442
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species hernandezi
Authority Flores-Barroeta, 1955
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia hernandezi (Flores-Barroeta, 1955) de Chambrier, Coquille & Brooks, 2006
Synonyms Batrachotaenia hernandezi (Flores-Barroeta, 1955) Freze, 1965; Ophiotaenia hernandezi (Flores-Barroeta, 1955) de Chambrier, Coquille & Brooks, 2006
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Flores-Barroeta, L. 1955. Céstodos de vertebrados. III. Ciencia 15: 33-38.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/12/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
11/08/2013Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/15/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
11/19/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Amphibia
Host Order Anura
Host Family Ranidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rana
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rana
Species sp.
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Guatemala
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Finca Monte de Oro, Departamento de Sololá
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype: colección helmintologógica del Laboratorio de Parasitología de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, D. F. No.181-6
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.