Dilepididae, Fuhrmann, 1907

Mariaux, Jean & Georgiev, Boyko B., 2020, Cestode parasites (Neodermata, Platyhelminthes) from Malaysian birds, with description of five new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 616, pp. 1-35 : 10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.616

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:144F0449-7736-44A0-8D75-FA5B95A04E23

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4332100

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5778C6E-FFE8-D746-9785-FED6FDB882F8

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Dilepididae
status

 

Dilepididae View in CoL gen. sp.

Material examined

MALAYSIA • 1 spec. (in fragments); Selangor, University of Malaya’s Gombak Field Station ; 3.32° N, 101.77° E; 280–350 m a.s.l.; 11 Aug. 2010; no COI sequence successfully retrieved; MHNG- PLAT-121225 GoogleMaps .

Host

Orthotomus sericeus Temminck, 1836 ( Passeriformes , Cisticolidae ).

Remarks

Our specimen is about 32 mm long, with a maximum width of 850. It consists of 64 proglottides which very rapidly become longer than wide. The anatomy is typical for a member of the Dilepididae : numerous testes (18–27) in one posterior field; irregularly alternating genital pores opening at anterior 20% of proglottis margin; unarmed cirrus; oval cirrus-sac reaching osmoregulatory canals; genital ducts passing between osmoregulatory canals; a large two-winged central ovary. Uterus is densely labyrinthine. Unfortunately, no scolex is available and a more precise identification is not possible. To our knowledge, no cestode had previously been reported from this host species or, indeed, from any of the 12 other species of tailorbirds.

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