Tapeworm Species Details

Priodontia tetragonocephala (Bremser in Diesing, 1856) Spasskii, 1987
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Linstowiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9232
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Linstowiinae
Genus Priodontia
Species tetragonocephala
Authority (Bremser in Diesing, 1856) Spasskii, 1987
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Mathevotaenia tetragonocephala (Bremser in Diesing, 1856) Spasskii, 1951
Synonyms Taenia tetragonocephala Bremser in Diesing, 1856: Oochoristica tetragonocephala (Bremser in Diesing, 1856) Janicki, 1904; Oochoristica wageneri Janicki, 1904
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Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1856. Zwanzig Arten von Cephalocotyleen. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Matematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche classe 12: 23-38.

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Spasskii, A. A. 1987. [The recent genera of Linstowiidae] Recentnye pody linstoviicnyh sepnej. In [Parasites and parasite coenoses of animals and plants of the Dniester-Prut inter-river region] Parazity i parazitotsenozy zhivotnykh i rastenii dnestrovsko-prutskogo mezhdurechya, Spasskii, A. A. Shtiintsa, Kishinev, 3-27 pp.

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Redescription

Lühe, M. 1895. Mitteilungen über einige wenig bekannte bez. neue südamerikanische Taenien des k. k. naturhistorischen Hof-Museums in Wien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 61: 199-212.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/29/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/31/2014Modified
04/24/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/08/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Pilosa
Host Family Myrmecophagidae
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Host Notes Hosts: Myrmecophaga tridactyla and Tamandua tetradactyla. Type host not specified.

Type Locality

Country Brazil
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Specimens

Type Material In collect. Mus. Caes.
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.