Tapeworm Species Details

Vampirolepis mesopotamiana Sawada & Mohammad, 1989
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 8415
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
Subfamily
Genus Vampirolepis
Species mesopotamiana
Authority Sawada & Mohammad, 1989
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Type Species
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Citation(s)

Sawada, I. and M. K. Mohammad. 1989. Two New Species of Hymenolepidid Cestodes from Iraqi Bats, with Record of a Species of Davaineidid Cestode. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 39: 1-7.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/27/2011 Created V.V. Tkach
11/13/2013Modified
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Chiroptera
Host Family Hipposideridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Asellia
Species tridens murraiana
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Iraq
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Haditha
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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.