Tapeworm Species Details

Mathevotaenia lemuris (Beddard, 1916) Spasskii, 1951
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Linstowiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6624
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Linstowiinae
Genus Mathevotaenia
Species lemuris
Authority (Beddard, 1916) Spasskii, 1951
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Linstowia lemuris Beddard, 1916; Oochoristica lemuris (Beddard, 1916) Baer, 1926
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Beddard, F. E. 1916. On two new species of cestodes belonging respectively to the genera Linstowia and Cotugnia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4): 695-706.

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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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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/24/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/21/2014Modified
04/16/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/18/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/08/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Lorisidae
Type Host
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Genus Nycticebus
Species tardigradus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Loris
Species tardigradus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
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Type Locality

Country Sri Lanka
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.