Tapeworm Species Details

Ptychobothrioides spiraliceps (Volz, 1900) Yamaguti, 1959
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7819
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ptychobothrioides
Species spiraliceps
Authority (Volz, 1900) Yamaguti, 1959
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms Bothriocephalus spiraliceps Volz, 1900
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Volz, W. 1900. Beitrag zur Kenntniss einiger Vogelcestoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 66 (1): 115-174.

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Yamaguti, S. 1959. Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. The Cestodes of Vertebrates. Keigaku Publishing House, Tokyo, 860 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -sp. inq. by Tadros (1966) -probably conspecific with Schyzocotyle acheilognathi

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
06/12/2014Modified
10/21/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
05/15/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Falconiformes
Host Family Falconidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Falco
Species concolor
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Falco
Species concolor
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes -collected by Dr. Steudner in Juni 1861 in Abyssinien

Type Locality

Country Ethiopia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Abyssinia
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -ZMB Verm. Entoz. No. 3720 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.