Tapeworm Species Details

Dibothrium folium Diesing, 1850
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7428
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Dibothrium
Species folium
Authority Diesing, 1850
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

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

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Redescription

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

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/20/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
09/15/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
05/04/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
03/09/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
11/20/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
11/03/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/09/2024ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Herpestidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Herpestes
Species leucurus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ichneumia
Species albicauda
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -it shoud be synonym of Ichneumia albicauda (see Wilson and Reeder 2005: Mammal species of the world) -Diesing (1856) noted "Von dieser ausgezeichneten Art wurden nur sehr wenige Exemplare von Theodor Kotschy im November 1837 im Sennaar aus dem weissschwänzigen Ichneumon oder Nims gesammelt"

Type Locality

Country Sudan
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Sennar
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -collected by Kotschy in November 1837 (see Diesing 1856)

Specimens

Type Material -NMW No. 2616 (syntype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.