Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia bungari de Chambrier, Binh & Scholz, 2012
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9830
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species bungari
Authority de Chambrier, Binh & Scholz, 2012
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

de Chambrier, A., T. T. Binh, and T. Scholz. 2012. Ophiotaenia bungari n. sp. (Cestoda), a parasite of Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider) (Ophidia: Elapidae) from Vietnam, with comments on relative ovarian size as a new and potentially useful diagnostic character for proteocephalidean tapeworms. Systematic Parasitology 81(1): 39-50.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/04/2012 Created AJ Phillips
06/05/2014Modified
06/22/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Elapidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Bungarus
Species fasciatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bungarus
Species fasciatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Vietnam
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region central northern Vietnam
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Not known precisely as the type-host was provided by a dealer of animals from the city of Vinh and the snake wa said to have been captured in Nghe Ah or Ha Tinh Provinces, central northern Vietnam

Specimens

Type Material INVE No. 78807 (holotype), INVE No. 75442 (paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 complete whole mounted specimen.
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.