Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 13. (Budapest, 1980)
Differential diagnosis: Cestodes of the genus Pseudocatenotaenia gen. nov. differ from the known genera of the subfamily Catenotaeniinae in the following principal characters: The testes overlap dorsal excretory canal bilaterally. Cirrus sac is very short, neither overlapping and nor even reaching dorsal excretory canal. Ovary and uterine branches tend to overlap dorsal excretory canals. The cestodes of the genus Pseudocatenotaenia are very similar and related in their morphology to those of the genus Skrjabinotaenia, particularly S. lobata: scolex semioval, neck present, strobila acraspedote. Last but not least the zoogeographical distribution should be pointed out. This is an Eumediterranean element, hitherto reported only from rodents of the genus Apodemus. Pseudocatenotaenia matovi (Genov, 1971) n. comb. (Figs. 17 and 20-25) Host: Apodemus sylvaticus; Linnaeus, 1758. - Extensity of the invasion: A, sylvaticus - in 4 of 688 specimens investigated (0.005%). - Localities: Figueras and Estartit (prov. Gerona) and La GMngueta (prov. Lérida) Catalonia: Spain. Description (based on 9 specimens, all dimensions in mm): Cestodes with a total length ranging from 35 (younger specimens) to 100 (adults). Width varies considerably along the strobila, from 1. 5 - 1.8 (average 1.6) at the mature segments, to 1.8 - 2.-2 (2.0) at the last gravid ones. Table 1 The dimensions of Pseudocatenotaenia matovi (Genov, 1971) (all dimensions given in mm) Body length 14. 77 - 45. 15 24 - 26 35 - 100 Body width 1. 835 - 2. 321 1.8408 - 2.7720 1.5- 2. 2 Scolex diameter 0. 313 - 0. 422 0. 3032 - 0. 4764 0. 250 - 0. 417 Suckers' diameter 0. 126 - 0. 149 0. 1222 - 0. 1357 0. 75 - 0. 154 Neck length 0. 738 - 1. 688 0. 3248 1.0 - 1. 5 Number of segments of strobila 40 - 50 73 - 77 50 - 70 Number of testes 140 - 160 140 150 - 180 Testes' diameter 0. 062 - 0. 083 0. 0226 - 0.0633 0. 050 - 0. 086 Cirrus sac length 0. 083 - 0. 06 + 0.228 - 0. 230 ++ 0. 1991 0. 164 - 0. 282 Vagina length 0. 358 - 0. 379 0.4433 0. 342 - 0. 522 Primary branches of uterus 7-9x2* 12 x 2** 14 - 18 x 2 12 - 15 x 2 Hosts A. flavicollis A. sylvaticus A. flavic ollis A. sylvaticus Distribution Bulgaria USSR Spain Author Genov, 1971 Zavaleeva, 1974 Present material + uncorrect dimension in the description Genov (1971) ++ correct dimension in holotypus 3t in description Genov (1971 ** in fig. 10 - Genov (1971) The scolex, the diameter of which ranges from 0.250-0. 417 (0.374), has circular suckers with a diameter from 0. 075-0. 154 (0. 122). The rudiments of an apical sucker are Fig. 25: Egg of Pseudocatenotaenia matovi (Photo: S. Mas-Coma) Fig. 26: Eggs of Skrjabinotaenia lobata (Photo: É. Murai)
