Mesocestoides sp. (larvae)

Material examined

MALAYSIA • 6 larval forms (in mesenteries); Selangor, University of Malaya’s Gombak Field Station; 3.32° N, 101.77° E; 280–350 m a.s.l.; 7Aug. 2010; partial COI sequence, Genbank MN 590294; MHNG-PLAT-121160 .

Host

Philentoma pyrhoptera (Temminck, 1836) ( Passeriformes, Vangidae).

Remarks

The presence, possibly massive, of tetrathyridia is known from many avian species, including Passeriformes over almost all the world (Literák et al. 2004; Mariaux et al. 2017; Heneberg et al. 2019). This is a new host and locality for the genus.