On Skrjabinotaenia cricetomydis n.sp. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalata) from the Gambian Pouched Rat, Nigeria

Abstract

1. Skrjabinotaenia cricelomydis n.sp. is described from 18 specimens taken from Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse, near Ibadan, Nigeria.2. Apolytic proglottides are described and also some details of development of the eggs.3. Details of the anatomy are given and their significance in deciding the relationship with other genera and species is discussed.4. The regrouping of a number of species into the genus Skrjabinotaenia is proposed.5. The diagnostic features of the genera Catenotaenia and Skrjabinotaenia are restated.

Spermatological Characterization of the Cestode Meggittina gerbilli (Cyclophyllidea: Catenotaeniidae), a Parasite of Gerbils, Gerbillus gerbillus and Gerbillus campestris (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tunisia

“…Meggittina aegyptica was originally described as Catenotaenia aegyptica Wolfgang, 1956 parasitizing Meriones sp., Acomys cahirinus (Geoffroy, 1803) and Gerbillus gerbillus (Olivier, 1801) in Egypt [ 9 ], and recently, it was cited in Tunisia in M. shawi [ 10 ]. Meggittina cricetomydis was described as Skrjabinotaenia cricetomydis Hockley, 1961 in C. gambianus in Nigeria [ 11 ], and later reported in the same host and country by Jones [ 12 ], who confirmed its inclusion in the genus Meggittina . Finally, M. gerbilli was described as Rajotaenia gerbilli Wertheim, 1954 parasitizing Gerbillus pyramidum Geoffroy, 1825 in Israel [ 3 ].…”