Tapeworm Species Details

Bertiella plastica (Sluiter, 1896) Stiles & Hassall, 1902
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6244
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Bertiella
Species plastica
Authority (Sluiter, 1896) Stiles & Hassall, 1902
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia plastica Sluiter, 1896; Bertia plastica (Sluiter, 1896) Bourquin, 1905; Prototaenia plastica (Sluiter, 1896) Baer, 1927; Bertiella cynocephali Spasskii, 1951.
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Sluiter, C. P. 1896. Taenia plastica n. sp., eine neue kurzgliedrige Taenia aus Galeopithecus volans. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, lnfektionskrankheiten und Hygiene 19: 941-946.

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Stiles, C. W & Hassall, A. 1902. Bertiella, new name for the cestode genus Bertia Blanchard, 1891. Science 16: 434.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. 1989. Species of Bertiella (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in dermopterans and squirrels from South-East Asia. Systematic Parasitology 14: 1-15.

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Scientific Name Notes Synonyms according to Beveridge (1989). Redescription: Beveridge, I. 1989. Systematic Parasitology 14:1-15.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/07/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/19/2014Modified
01/02/2016ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/13/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Dermoptera
Host Family Cynocephalidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Galeopithecus
Species volans
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Cynocephalus
Species volans
Subspecies
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Type Locality

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Additional Localities Locality of neotype: Sumatra.
Locality Notes The region wa originally given as "India", but the host does not occur there.

Specimens

Type Material Neotype: BMNH 1977.10.28.51.
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.