Tapeworm Species Details

Zschokkeella guineensis (Graham,1909) Southwell & Maplestone, 1921
Cyclophyllidea: Davaineidae
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Species ID 7133
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Davaineidae
Subfamily
Genus Zschokkeella
Species guineensis
Authority (Graham,1909) Southwell & Maplestone, 1921
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda et incertae sedis
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Synonyms Davainea guineensis Graham, 1909; Inermicapsifer guineensis (Graham,1909) Baer, 1924
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Graham, W. M. 1909. Report on the plague laboratory at Accra, 1908. In Report on plague in the Gold Coast in 1908, W. J. Simpson. J. & A. Churchill, London, 21-26 pp.

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Southwell, T. and P. A. Maplestone. 1921. A note on the synonymy of the genus Zschokkeella, Ransom 1909, and of the species Z. guineensis (Graham, 1908). Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 15: 455-456.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/05/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/02/2014Modified
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/05/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Nesomyidae (Cricetomyinae)
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Genus Cricetomys
Species gambianus
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Genus Cricetomys
Species gambianus
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Type Locality

Country Ghana ["Gold Coast"]
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City/Region Accra
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