Reticulotaenia n. gen. for Lateriporus australis Jones and Williams, 1967, and Lateriporus mawsoni Prudhoe, 1969 (Cestoda: Dilepididae), from Sheathbills, Chionis spp., in Antarctica, with a Consideration of Infraspecific Variation and Speciation

• Main Author: Hoberg, Eric P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1985
• Subjects: Parasitology; South Orkney Islands; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Chionis; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/314; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1323/viewcontent/Hoberg_1985_JP_Reticulotaenia_n_gen_for_Lateriporus_australis_Jones_and_Williams_1967_and_Lateriporus_mawsoni_Prudhoe_1969_Cestoda_Dilepididae_from_Sheathbills_Chionis_spp_in_Antarctica.pdf

Reticulotaenia n. gen. was established in the family Dilepididae for two species of cestodes, formerly referred to Lateriporus Fuhrmann, 1907, that are characteristic helminths in sheathbills, Chionis spp., in Antarctica. The new genus was most similar to Lateriporus and Dilepis Weinland, 1858, but...