Tapeworm Species Details

Duthiersia sindensis Bilqees & Masood, 1973
Diphyllobothriidea: Solenophoridae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7522
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Solenophoridae
Subfamily
Genus Duthiersia
Species sindensis
Authority Bilqees & Masood, 1973
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
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Type Species
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Citation(s)

Bilqees, F.M. and Masood S. 1973. Parasites of Varanus monitor of Sind (Pakistan). Sindh University Research Journal 7(1): 41-56.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/21/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/22/2012Modified
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Varanidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Varanus
Species monitor
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Varanus
Species bengalensis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -invalid name Varanus monitor (see Sprackland [1982] and Bennett [1998]), reported a Bengal monitor, Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802)

Type Locality

Country Pakistan
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Karachi
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes Collected by Miss Shehnaz Masood in February 1972

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
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Specimen Notes The type specimens have been deposited in the collection of School of Parasitology, Depatment of Zoology, University of Karachi
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.