Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 13. (Budapest, 1980)
Type species: Catenotaenia pusilla (Goeze, 1782) (Fig. 18) Deposition of holotype of type species: not mentioned in the literature. The genus Catenotaenia Janicki, 1904 further includes the following species: C. den- dritica (Goeze, 1782), C. rhombomydis Schultz et Landa, 1934, C. linsdalei Mcintosh, 1941, C. ri s Yamaguti, 1942, C. cricetorum Kirschenblat, 1949, C. reggiae Rausch, 1951, C. pe- romysci Smith, 1954, C. laguri Smith, 1954, C. kirgizica Tokobaev, 1959, C. asiatica Tenora et Murai, 1975, C. kullmanni Tenora, 1977, C. afghana Tenora, 1977. 2. Genus Hemicatenotaenia (Tenora, 1977) Genov et Tenora, 1979 Syn. : Catenotaenia (Hemicatenotaenia) Tenora, 19 77 Description: (after GENOV et TENORA, 1979): Cestodes of the family Catenotaeniidae, subfamily Catenotaeniinae. Neck present. Proglottids craspedote. Ovary asymmetrical, its anterior margin not exceeding the level of genital openings. Testes situated posteriorly to female organs, do not across the longitudinal excretory canals. Life-cycle unknown. Eggs possessing oncosphere provided with membrane, with or without protrusions. Adult specimens are parasites of rodents Xerini in Africa. Type species: Hemicatenotaenia geosciuri (Ortlepp, 1938) n. comb. (Fig. 14) Syn. : Catenotaenia geosciuri Ortlepp, 1938; Catenotaenia (Hemicatenotaenia) geosciuri Ortlepp, 1938 sensu Tenora, 1977. Deposition of holotype of type species: Onderstepoort Helminthological Collection, South Africa. The genus Hemicatenotaenia further includes: H. chabaudi (Dollfus, 1953). It is worth consideration whether the cestodes found by JOYEUX et BAER, 1945 in Xerus rutilus and Euxerus erythropus in Africa and named Catenotaenia geosciuri do not belong to an independent species of the genus Hemicaten ot aenia. According to these authors, their material differs from H. geosciuri in these characters: number of uterine branches - 33-40 x2 (H.g. ): 12-18 x 2, different position of testes - divided into two groups (H. g. ): they form a single group. In the last characters the material of JOYEUX et BAER, 1945 is most closely related to H. chabaudi. 3. Genus Pseudocatenotaenia gen.nov. Description: Cestodes of the family Catenotaeniidae, subfamily Catenotaeniinae. Mature segments quadrate or wider than long, gravid segments longer than wide. Scolex semioval, neck present. Strobila acraspedonte. Ovary situated in upper half of segments, asymmetrical, its upper part overlapping opening of genital organs. Branches of ovary reaching lateral excretory canals or overlapping them. Vitelline gland in poral part of segments posterior to uterus, in mature segments overlapping lateral excretory canals. Testes situated in lower half of segments, overlapping lateral excretory canals in both poral and aporal part. Cirrus sac relatively short, not reaching dorsal to excretory canal. Uterus with lateral branches overlapping excretory canals bilaterally. Eggs oval, with a process on surface, bilateral. Oncosphere provided with membrane, without processes. Life-cycle unknown. Adult specimens parasitic in rodents, particularly Muridae of the genus Apodemus in the Palaearctic Region. Geographical distribution: reported from the USSR (Crimea Region), Bulgaria and Spain. Type species: Pseudocatenotaenia matovi (Genov, 1971) n. comb. Syn. : Catenotaenia matovi Genov, 1971. Deposition of holotype of type species: Central Laboratory of Helminthology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria. Figs. 20-25: Pseudocatenotaenia matovi of Apodemus sylvaticus from Spain 20 = Scolex of young specimen showing the rest of the larval apical sucker; 21 = scolex of adult specimen; 22 ? sexual mature segment; 23 = gravid segment; 24 = eggs
