Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia rhopalocephala Riehm, 1881
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6468
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Taenia
Species rhopalocephala
Authority Riehm, 1881
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Andrya rhopalocephala (Riehm, 1881) Railliet, 1893
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Riehm, G. 1881. Untersuchungen an der Bandwürmern der Hasen und Kanichen. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. Originalabhandlungen und Berichte 54: 200.

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Redescription

Riehm, G. 1881. Studien an Cestoden. Zeitscrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. Originalabhandlungen und Berichte 54: 545-610.

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Scientific Name Notes Additional possible synonyms listed by Spasskii (1951).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/13/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/02/2014Modified
04/11/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/12/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/20/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/25/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/25/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Lagomorpha
Host Family Leporidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Lepus
Species timidus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes Host: "hase".

Type Locality

Country Germany
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Saxony
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Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Syntypes: originally, USNPC 1379 (presently, USNM 1316454); originally, USNPC 1484 (presently, USNM 1316554); originally, USNPC 1485 (presently USNM 1316555).
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.