Dr. Kassai Tibor - Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 10. (Budapest, 1977)

TENORA (1965) revised trie cestodes from Myoxidae and concluded that in Europe from these hosts two Hymenolepidid species have occurred, namely H. sulcata (von Linstow, 1879) and Armadilepis spasskyi Tenora et Barus, 1958, VAUCHER and QUENTIN (1975) considered A. spasskyi Tenora et Barus, 1958 to be a synonym of Hymenolepis myoxi (Rud. , 1819) and stated that H. sulcata (von Linstow, 1879) was identical with H. myoxi (Rud, , 1819). Measurements of Hymenolepis sulcata (von Linstow, 1879) in mm Author von Linstow, Tenora, Present Author 1879 1965 material Host Myoxus (Glis) glis Glis glis Glis glis Body length 30-36 45-55 Body width 0. 840 0.63-0.82 0.65-0.70 Scolex diameter 0.184-0.260 0. 280 Suckers diameter 0. 082 0.080-0.084 0.090-0.100 Rostellum absent 0.032-0. 060 x 0.040-0.080 0.093-0.100 x 0.065-0.075 Cirrus sac 0.100-0.140 x 0. 030-0. 050 Eggs 0.050x0.038 Oncospheres 0.038x0.031 Calcareous bodies present present present Rostellar hooks absent absent absent An analysis of worm specimens collected from Hungary and Czechoslovakia led us to the following conclusions: 1. The cestodes recovered from Glis glis correspond to those described by von LINSTOW (1879) as Taenia sulcata

. There are no hooks on the scolex. Thus, we cannot confirm the assumption of VAUCHER and QUENTIN (1975): "Nous admettons par conséquent que les crochets rostraux étaient tombés au moment de l'examen." 2. On the scolex of H. sulcata (von Linstow, 1879) characteristic structures are present which were described by JANICKI (1906) as " (?Kalk) Körperchen". Such calcareous bodies were clearly visible on all worm specimens obtained by the present authors from Hungary and Czechoslovakia as well as on those specimens deposited in the Museum of the Humboldt University in Berlin (G.D.R.) and in the Collection of the Zoological Institute of the U.S.S, R. Academy of Sciences in Leningrad.