On a New Caryophyllaeid Cestode, Adenoscolex oreini gen. et sp. nov. from Fresh-water Fish in Kashmir, and a Note on some Related Genera

Abstract

1. A new Caryophyllaeid cestode Adenoscolex oreini n.g., n.sp., from fresh-water fish, Oreinus sinuatus, is described.2. Genus Bothrioscolex Szidat, 1937 is regarded as a synonym of the genus Khawia Hsü, 1935. The existing species of Khawia are listed and are briefly described.

Revision of Khawia spp. (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of cyprinid fish, including a key to their identification and molecular phylogeny

“…Markevich (1951) (not Fotedar [1958] as claimed by Yamaguti [1959] and subsequent authors) first synonymized Bothrioscolex szidat, 1937 with Khawia, which implies that its species, namely B. dubius szidat, 1937, B. prussicus szidat, 1937 and B. rossittensis szidat, 1937, are placed in the latter genus. This taxonomic action has been widely accepted (Yamaguti 1959, schmidt 1986, Mackiewicz 1994 and Bothrioscolex is also here considered to be a junior synonym of Khawia.…”

The morphology and systematic status of Khawia rossittensis (Szidat, 1937) and K. parva (Zmeev, 1936) (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of cyprinid fishes

“…Khawia rossittensis (Szidat, 1937) Fotedar, 1958Syn. Bothrioscolex rossittensis Szidat, 1937 Host: Carassius auratus auratus (L.) (Cyprinidae: Cypriniformes).…”

A synoptic review of Caryophyllaeus Gmelin, 1790 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of cyprinid fishes

“…Another caryophyllidean, the capingentid Adenoscolex oreini Fotedar, 1958, was found in the congeneric host, Oreinus sinuatus (Heckel), in fact misapplied name for Schizothorax richardsonii (Gray), from the same region (Kashmir, India) as C. kashmirenses (see Fotedar 1958).…”

“…7 in Fotedar 1958, andmedullary in C. syrdarjensis -fig. 6 in Skrjabin 1913), body size (the two former taxa are large, robust worms up to 60 mm and 38 mm long, respectively, whereas C. syrdarjensis is only 16 mm long), and presumably different shape of the scolex (that of C. kashmirenses was reported as always wider than the body, whereas those of C. syrdarjensis and A. oreini are only slightly wider than the neck region (see fig.…”