Tapeworm Species Details

Kapsulotaenia varia (Beddard, 1913) Freze, 1965
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2812
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Acanthotaeniinae
Genus Kapsulotaenia
Species varia
Authority (Beddard, 1913) Freze, 1965
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia varia Beddard, 1913 Acanthotaenia varia (Beddard, 1913) Nybelin, 1917 Proteocephalus varius (Beddard, 1913) Baer,
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Beddard, F. E. 1913. Contributions to the anatomy and systematic arrangement of the Cestoidea. VII. On six species of tapeworms from reptiles, belonging to the genus Ichthyotaenia (s. l.). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913(1): 4-36.

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Freze, V. I. 1965. [Proteocephalata in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles] (In Russian). Osnovy Tsestodologii 5: 538 pp.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/20/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified
06/14/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Varanidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Varanus
Species varius
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Varanus
Species varius
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region not known
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Rome and Highway Moonie—St. Georges, Queensland, Australia
Locality Notes Type locality "Zoological Gardens" (not specified either on slide with types or in the original description)

Specimens

Type Material Syntypes—2 slides with fragments of immature & mature proglottids of 1 specimen (without scolex) and gravid proglottids (NHMUK 1915.5.14.2)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material 4 slides with 2 specimens including 2 scoleces and additional scolex for SEM from V. varius (Aus016), Rome, Injune road, Taroom turnoff, Queensland, Australia, collected by A. de Chambrier on 30.iii.2001 (MHNG-PLAT-32838, 85982) (material collected from a frozen host); 29 slides with numerous fragments of several specimens (5 scoleces), 25 slides of longitudinal sections of scolex and cross sections of strobila, and 1 scolex for SEM from V. varius (Aus137), Highway Moonie—St. Georges, km 77, Queensland, Australia, collected by A. de Chambrier on 2.xi.2003 (MHNG-PLAT-36700–36702, 72084, 85999, 86001, 86003, 86006, 86020, 97997–97999). Two slides with fragments of 1 specimen (1 scolex) designated as Kapsulotaenia sp. 3 in de Chambrier et al. (2004) from Varanus sp. (Aus019; host was incorrectly reported as V. gouldii in de Chambrier et al. 2004), Culgoa Floodplain National Park, Queensland, collected on 16.ii.1998 (MHNG-PLAT-32840).
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.