Description of Paranoplocephala etholeni n. sp. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in the meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus, with a synopsis of Paranoplocephala s. l. in Holarctic rodents

Paranoplocephala etholeni n. sp., parasitizing the meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus in Alaska and Wisconsin, USA is described. Paranoplocephala etholeni is morphologically most closely related to the Nearctic Paranoplocephala ondatrae (Rausch, 1948). Available data suggest that P. etholeni is a h...

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Main Authors: Haukisalmi V., Henttonen H., Niemimaa J., Raush R.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2002-12-01
Series:Parasite
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2002094305