Tapeworm Species Details

Lytocestus alestesi Lynsdale, 1956
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 251
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Lytocestus
Species alestesi
Authority Lynsdale, 1956
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Lytocestus filiformis (Woodland, 1923) Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Lynsdale, J. A.. 1956. On two new species of Lytocestus from Burma and the Sudan, respectively. Journal of Helminthology 30: 87-96.

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Scientific Name Notes Mackiewicz (1962) considered L. alestesi to be a synonym of L. filiformis: Khalil (1969) regarded its validity as uncertain, the descrition having been based on a single mounted specimen, broken into fragments and badly preserved. A study of holotype by T. Scholz confirmed conspecificity with L. filiformis (unpubl. data).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/17/2007 Created Oros
02/04/2010Modified
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
04/04/2020ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygyi
Host Order Characiformes
Host Family Alestidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Alestes
Species nurse
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Brycinus
Species nurse
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes one slide of a single worm

Type Locality

Country Sudan
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1998.10.22.34 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes BMNH - Natural History Museum, London, UK
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.