Parasitologia hungarica

Author(s): Murai, É., Gubányi, A. & Sugár, L.
Title: Examination of taeniid metacestodes from Far-East, with the description of Taenia kotlani sp. n. (Cestoda: Taeniidae)
Title: Távol-keleti taeniid metacestodák vizsgálata, a Taenia kotlani sp. n. leírása (Cestoda: Taeniidae)
Year: 1993
Volume: 26
Pages: 27-49.

Abstract: The metacestodes of Taenia kotlani sp. n. from Mongolian ibex (Capra ibex sibirica Pallas, 1776), and the metacestodes of Taenia parenchymatosa Pushmenkov, 1945 from the lungs of Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus (Pallas, 1771)), which is a new intermediate host, are described. As comparative material adult and larval Taenia hydatigena Pallas, 1766 from Hungary were studied. For specific differentiation morphology of the Cysticercus, measurements of the scolex organelles, number of the rostellar hooks, the length of the large and small hooks, the length of the handle and the basis, and the length of the guard were applied. Close relationship may be found between the larval form of the new species and Cysticercus dromedarii described by Pellegrini (1945) whose adult form may be T. crocutae Mettrick et Beverly-Burton, 1961 (Verster 1969). The scolex morphology and the size and shape of T. hyaenae Baer, 1926 parasitizing hyaenas, come also near to the new species. The possible adult stage of T. kotlani sp. n. is that specimen which was recovered from a feral dog in Nepal by Sawada and Shogaki (1975) and misidentified as T. hydatigena
Keywords: taxonomy, Hungary, morphology, Mongolia, Siberia, discriminant analysis, Cervus elaphus, Capreolus capreolus, Cestoda, Taenia kotlani sp. n., T. hydatigena, T. parenchymatosa, Taeniidae, Cysticercus, scolex, rostellar hooks, Capra ibex sibirica, Capreolus pygargus, Dama dama, Ovis musimon, Sus scrofa, Canis familiaris, Canis lupus

Journal: Parasitologia Hungarica
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ISSN: 0303-688X
Publisher: Magyar Parazitológusok Társasága, Budapest
Editor(s): K. Murai, É. & Thoma, A.