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Table 3 in Cestode parasites (Neodermata, Platyhelminthes) from Malaysian birds, with description of five new species
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- 1. Natural History Museum of Geneva, CP 6434, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland.
- 2. Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Table 3. Variolepis Spasskii & Spasskaya, 1954 of Passeriformes. Data from original descriptions except: * from Spasskaya (1966), ** from Skrjabin & Matevosyan (1945), *** from Joyeux et al. (1928). Abbreviations: L = Length; W = Width; ø = Diameter.
| Host | Distribution | L x W (max) | Scolex ø | Suckers ø | Rost. sac ø × L | L hooks | Testes ø | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variolepis cf. bilharzii | Muscicapidae | Malaysia | > 7.5 × 0.38 | 150 | 75–88 | 104 × 74 | 15 | 109 |
| V. farciminosa (Goeze, 1782) * | Many Passeriformes (* Phasianidae, Anatidae) | Europe, Asia, Americas, Japan | 38–60 × 1.87–2 | 200–330 | 90–110 | 40 × 58 | 19–21 | 250 |
| V. bilharzi (Krabbe, 1869) *** | Many Passeriformes, incl. Muscicapidae | Europe, Africa, Asia | 10 × 0.5 | 250 | 130 × 80 | 70 | 14–16 | – |
| V. fernandensis (Nybelin, 1931) | Turdidae | Chile | 39 × 1 | 180–230 | 75–95 | 110–150 × 75 | 18–19 | 150 |
| V. globocephala (Fuhrmann, 1918) | Zosteropidae | New Caledonia | 40 × 2 | 300 | 140 | – | 19 | 100–140 |
| V. microscolecina (Fuhrmann, 1906) ** | Cotingidae | Brazil | 20–25 × 0.5 | – | – | – | 23 | 90 |
| V. planestici (Mayew, 1925) | Turdidae, Sturnidae | USA, India | 35 × 1.5 | 200 | – | – | 14 | 60–80 |
| V. pycnonoti (Tubangui & Masilungan, 1927) | Pycnonotidae | Philippines | 45 × 2 | 300 | 100 | 90 × 50 | 19 | – |
| V. troglodytis (Yamaguti, 1956) | Troglodytidae | Japan | 7.5 × 0.7 | 140–180 | 60–75 | 90–150 × 54–70 | 24 | 30–60 |
| V. variabilis (Mayhew, 1925) | Corvidae | USA | 30 × 1 | 200 | 80 | 20 | 20–22 | – |
| V. victoriata (Inamdar, 1934) ** | Sturnidae | India | 60 × 1.35 | 200 | 70 | 212 × 87 | 28–30 | – |
Notes
Published as part of Mariaux, Jean & Georgiev, Boyko B., 2020, Cestode parasites (Neodermata, Platyhelminthes) from Malaysian birds, with description of five new species, pp. 29 in European Journal of Taxonomy 616 on page 29, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.616, http://zenodo.org/record/3926853
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- Spasskaya L. P. 1966. Cestodes of birds of the USSR. Hymenolepididae. Nauka, Moscow. [In Russian]
- Skrjabin K. I. & Matevosyan E. M. 1945. Tapeworms - Hymenolepididae - from domesticated and game birds. Sel'khozgiz, Moscow. [In Russian]
- Joyeux C., Gendre E. & Baer J. G. 1928. Recherches sur les helminthes de l'Afrique Occidentale Francaise. Collection de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique Monographie II: 1 - 120.
- Krabbe H. 1869. Bidrag til kundskab om fuglenes baendelorme. Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 5. r ӕkke, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling 8: 251 - 389. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 13596726
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