Tapeworm Species Details

Cittotaenia viscaciae (Spasskii, 1951) Beveridge, 1978
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6849
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Cittotaenia
Species viscaciae
Authority (Spasskii, 1951) Beveridge, 1978
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Viscachataenia quadrata (Linstow, 1904) Denegri, Dopchiz, Elissondo & Beveridge, 2003
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

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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Beveridge, I. 1978. A taxonomic revision of the genera Cittotaenia Riehm, 1881, Ctenotaenia Railliet, 1893, Mosgovoyia Spasskii, 1951 and Pseudocittotaenia Tenora, 1976. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae). Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 107: 1-64.

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Redescription

Denegri, G., M. C. Dopchiz, M. C. Elissondo, and I. Beveridge. 2003. Viscachataenia n. g., with the redescription of V. quadrata (von Linstow, 1904) n. comb. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in Lagidium viscacia (Rodentia: Chinchillidae) from Argentina. Systematic Parasitology 54: 81-88.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/29/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/21/2014Modified
04/13/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/22/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Chinchillidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Viscacia
Species viscacia
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Lagidium
Species viscacia
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Chile
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Valdivia
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.