Tapeworm Species Details

Wenyonia minuta Woodland, 1923
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 245
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Wenyonia
Species minuta
Authority Woodland, 1923
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Wenyonia mcconneli Ukoli, 1972
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1923. On some remarkable new forms of Caryophyllaeidae from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and a recision of the families of the Cestodaria. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 67: 435-472.

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Redescription

Schaeffner, B. C., M. Jirku, Z. N. Mahmoud, and T. Scholz. 2011. Revision of Wenyonia Woodland, 1923 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from catfishes (Siluriformes) in Africa. Systematic Parasitology 79: 83-107.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/17/2007 Created Oros
02/04/2010Modified
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
10/07/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
10/03/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/17/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Claroteidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Chrysichthys
Species auratus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Chrysichthys
Species auratus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Synodontis caudovittata, S. frontosa, S. nigrita, S. schall, S. serrata
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes one stained mounted specimen

Type Locality

Country Africa
Body of Water Nile River
Island(s)
City/Region Khartoum
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material - holotype BMNH No. 1961.3.14.47
Total Number of Type Specimens 1
Voucher Material BMNH 2010.8.10.12–13; IPCAS C-571; MHNG 72936; USNPC 103416, 103417
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.