Tapeworm Species Details

Bertiella fallax Meggitt, 1927
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Linstowiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6439
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Linstowiinae
Genus Bertiella
Species fallax
Authority Meggitt, 1927
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda et incertae sedis
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
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Meggitt, F. J. 1927. Report on a collection of Cestoda, mainly from Egypt. Part I. Families Anoplocephalidae, Davaineidae. Parasitology 19: 314-327.

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Scientific Name Notes Evidently belongs to Mathevotaenia (Linstowiinae). According to Spasskii I1951), a junior synonym of Mathevotaenia megastoma (Diesing, 1850) Spasskii, 1951.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/09/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
06/06/2014Modified
04/13/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/19/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Cebidae
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Genus Cebus
Species capuchinus
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Genus Cebus
Species capucinus
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Type Locality

Country Egypt
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