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Ptychobothrioides Yamaguti, 1959
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Species ID 7820
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
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Genus Ptychobothrioides
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Authority Yamaguti, 1959
Taxonomic Status Genus inquirendum
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Type Species Ptychobothrioides spiraliceps (Volz, 199) Yamaguti, 1959
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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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Scientific Name Notes -Bray et al. (1994): Ptychobothrioitks Yamaguti, 1959 was crected fot Bothriocephalus spiraliceps Volz, 1900 from Falco concolor in Abyssinia. As pointed out by Tadros (1966), its characrers resemble those of Ptychobothrium Lonnberg, 1889, with which he synonymized it. lt is regarded as a genus inquirendum, following Prorasova (1977).

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07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
06/12/2014Modified
01/06/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/30/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

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