Tapeworm Species Details

Mathevotaenia tetragonocephala (Bremser in Diesing, 1856) Spasskii, 1951
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Linstowiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6620
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Linstowiinae
Genus Mathevotaenia
Species tetragonocephala
Authority (Bremser in Diesing, 1856) Spasskii, 1951
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia tetragonocephala Bremser in Diesing, Oochoristica tetragonocephala (Bremser in Diesing, 1856) Janicki, 1904; Priodontia tetragonocephala (Bremser in Diesing, 1856) Spasskii, 1987; Oochoristica wageneri Janicki, 1904
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Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1856. Zwanzig Arten von Cephalocotyleen. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Matematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche classe 12: 23-38.

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Spasskii, A. A. 1951. Anoplocefalyaty - lentochnye gel'minty domashnyh i dikih zhivotnyh [Anoplocephalate tapeworms of domestic and wild animals]. Osnovy Cestodologii, Vol. 1. K. I. Skrjabin (ed). Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 735 pp.

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Redescription

Lühe, M. 1895. Mitteilungen über einige wenig bekannte bez. neue südamerikanische Taenien des k. k. naturhistorischen Hof-Museums in Wien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 61: 199-212.

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Scientific Name Notes Synonyms according to Spasskii (1951).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/24/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/21/2014Modified
04/16/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/17/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/19/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/08/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/16/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Pilosa
Host Family Myrmecophagidae
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Additional Host(s) Myrmecophaga tridactyla and Tamandua tetradactyla.
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Type Locality

Country Brazil
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.