Tapeworm Species Details

Catenotaenia karachiensis Bilqees, 1979
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Linstowiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 372
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Linstowiinae
Genus Catenotaenia
Species karachiensis
Authority Bilqees, 1979
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda et incertae sedis
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Type Species No
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Bilqees, F. M. 1979. Catenotaenia karachiensis, new species (Cestoda) from Paraechinus micropus in Karachi. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 11(1): 115-117.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This species probably does not belong to the family Catenotaeniidae, it resembles the genus Mathevotaenia (Anoplocephaliidae, Linstowiinae) (Georgiev pers. com.)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/05/2006 Created Healy, Georgiev , V. K. Haukisa
08/12/2014Modified
04/13/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/23/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Eulipotyphla
Host Family Erinaceidae
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Genus Paraechinus
Species micropus
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Genus Paraechinus
Species micropus
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Type Locality

Country Pakistan
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City/Region Karachi
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Specimens

Type Material Department of Zoology, University of Karachi (syntypes)
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.