Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia megastoma Diesing, 1850
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Linstowiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7058
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Linstowiinae
Genus Taenia
Species megastoma
Authority Diesing, 1850
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Mathevotaenia megastoma (Diesing, 1850) Spasskii, 1951
Synonyms Oochoristica megastoma (Diesing, 1850) Zschokke,1905
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1850. Systema Helminthum, Vol. I. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae [Vienna], 679 pp.

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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 Spaskii (1951) also lists Bertiella fallax Meggitt, 1927 as a synonym of this species.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/04/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/02/2014Modified
04/23/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/19/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Cebidae
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Host Notes Hosts: Cebus spp. and Saguinus bicolor. TYpe host not specified.

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