Tapeworm Species Details

Mathevotaenia niuguiniensis Beveridge, 2008
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Linstowiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5770
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Linstowiinae
Genus Mathevotaenia
Species niuguiniensis
Authority Beveridge, 2008
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. 2008. Mathevotaenia niuguiniensis n. sp. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae: Linstowiinae) from the water-rat Parahydromys asper (Thomas) in Papua New Guinea, with a list of species of Mathevotaenia Akumyan, 1946. Systematic Parasitology 71: 189-198.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/21/2009 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/21/2014Modified
04/16/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Muridae (Murinae)
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Parahydromys
Species asper
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Parahydromys
Species asper
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Papua New Guinea
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Southern Highlands Prov.
Coordinates
DD Latitude 6.566
DD Longitude 142.827
Additional Localities
Locality Notes NNW slope of Mt Bosavi, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Specimens

Type Material Holotype: coll. A.B. Mirza, 22.vi.1973, Bernice P. Bishop Museum F286; paratypes, 19 specimens, same data, BBM F287-297
Total Number of Type Specimens 20 specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.