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Senga vittati Gairola & Malhotra, 1987
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7870
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Senga
Species vittati
Authority Gairola & Malhotra, 1987
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Senga gangesii Gairola et Malhotra, 1986
Synonyms
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Gairola, D. and S. K. Malhotra. 1987. Cestode fauna of food fishes in river Ganges around an Indian sub-humid region. II. Senga vittani n. sp. from Mystus vittatus. Acta Parasitologica Lituanica 22: 92-96.

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Scientific Name Notes -provisionally synonymised by Kuchta and Scholz (2007)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/08/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/09/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Bagridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Mystus
Species vittatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Mystus
Species vittatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water River Ganges
Island(s)
City/Region Allahabad (U.P.)
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -PCLS No. 104/85 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -deposited at parasitological collection, Faculty of Zoology, Allahabad University, Allahabad, U.P., India
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.