Tapeworm Species Details

Raillietina kordofanensis Meggitt & Subramanian, 1927
Cyclophyllidea: Davaineidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 617
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Davaineidae
Subfamily
Genus Raillietina
Species kordofanensis
Authority Meggitt & Subramanian, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Raillietina trapezoides (Janicki, 1904) Fuhrmann, 1920
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Meggitt, F. J. and K. Subramanian. 1927. The tapeworms of rodents of the subfamily Murinae, with specieal reference to those occurring in Rangoon. Journal of the Burma Research Society 17: 191-237.

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Scientific Name Notes -This species was based on Davainea trapezoides of Kofend (1921).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/11/2006 Created Healy, Jones , V. K. Haukisalmi
12/19/2014Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/27/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/12/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/26/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Muridae (Murinae)
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Genus Arvicanthis
Species testicularis
Subspecies kordofanensis
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Genus Arvicanthis
Species niloticus
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Type Locality

Country Sudan
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City/Region Kordofn [Kurdufan]
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.