Dr. Kassai Tibor - Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 9. (Budapest, 1976)

The new species has been named V, baeri in memory of the late Professor Jean G. BAER, to whom the authoress owes many grateful thanks. Differential diagnosis The nearest relative of the new species is V. spas s kii Andreiko, Skvortzov et Konovalov, 1969. They differ in the number and size of the hooks: V. spasskii has 35 hooks 28-31 m in length, V. baeri sp. n. has 45-49 hooks 24 n at the base and 26-27 ju in length. The following key is proposed for the differentation of V. baeri sp. n. from other species of similar morphology (only species having hooks in the length range of 20-30 ju have been considered for differentiation): 1 (4) Blade of hooks shorter than guard (Figs. 22a and b) 2 (3) Testes arranged in a transverse row a) Hooks 17.5-21 u long, 26-30 in number hidaensis Sawada, 1967 Fig. 8 : Vampirolepis baeri sp. n. : A = hermaphroditic proglottids; B = scolex; C = egg (orig. )