REDESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE-SPECIES OF THE CESTODE GENUS DELTOKERAS (CYCLOPHYLLIDEA, PARUTERINOIDEA)

Authors
GEORGIEV BB GENOV T
Citation
Bb. Georgiev et T. Genov, REDESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE-SPECIES OF THE CESTODE GENUS DELTOKERAS (CYCLOPHYLLIDEA, PARUTERINOIDEA), Folia parasitologica, 45(1), 1998, pp. 44-46
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Folia parasitologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155683
Volume
45
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
44 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5683(1998)45:1<44:ROTTOT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The syntypes of Deltokeras ornitheios Meggitt, 1927 (the type-species of Deltokeras Meggitt, 1927), a parasite of Urocissa erythrorhyncha (P asseriformes, Corvidae) in South Asia, are redescribed. Deltokeras is considered a monotypic genus. An amended generic diagnosis is presente d.