Tapeworm Species Details

Tetrabothrius lachesidis MacCallum, 1921
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2511
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Tetrabothrius
Species lachesidis
Authority MacCallum, 1921
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Crepidobothrium lachesidis (MacCallum, 1921) Yamaguti, 1959
Synonyms Proteocephalus lachesidis (MacCallum, 1921) Hughes, Baker & Dawson, 1941
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

MacCallum, G. A. 1921. Studies in Helminthology. Part 1. Trematodes. Part 2. Cestodes. Part 3. Nematodes. Zoopathologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society on the Diseases of Animals 1(6): 135-284.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/10/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
03/15/2010Modified
05/18/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Viperidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Lachesis
Species lanceolatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bothrops
Species lanceolatus
Subspecies
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -Lachesis lanceolatus is listed in taxonomic summary as the host, but in the text, the type specimen of t. lachesidis is reported to be found in Boa constrictor from Brazil.

Type Locality

Country Island of Trinidad
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Specimens

Type Material Syntypes USNPC 35981 (from de Chambrier, 1989, p. 359)
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.