L. Forró - É. Murai szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 5. 1989 (Budapest, 1989)

Murai, É.: Ceratozetes gracilis (Michael, 1884) (Acari: Oribatida), an intermediate host of Vampirolepis asymmetrica (Janicki, 1904) (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae)

The life cycle of V. straminea 'before 1970 H. microstomaH

s well-known, and used in laboratory technique for physiological experiments. White mice, rats or hamster are the definitive hosts and beetles (T

enebrio molitor

, Tribolium castaneum etc. ) serve as intermediate hosts.Cysticercoids of V. straminea was recorded from various insects: Coleoptera Siphonaptera, Orthoptera - in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain under natural conditions. Succesful experimental infestations with specimens erected from Apodemus spp. were also reported (JOYEUX and BAER 1936; HUNKELER 1974; VAUCHER and HUNKELER 1967; WAHL 1967 and so onL 9 Fig. 9. Rostellar hooks of V. asymmetrica from P. subterraneus (Bükk National Park, orig.ï Figs 10-11. Rostellar hooks of V. straminea (10= hook crown from Cricetus cricetus, Mezőkövesd; 11= form of rostellar hooks from Mus musculus spicilegus, Nagykovácsi, orig. 1