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Differential diagnosis: The cestodes of the genus Quentinotaenia differ from other hitherto known genera of the subfamily Catenotaeniinae particularly in the following features: Ovary is not strongly asymmetrical, but almost symmetrical and horseshoe-shaped. Vitelline gland does not enter the ovary from the poral side, but is situated posteriorly to ovary. The seminal receptacle lies between the ovary and vitelline gland. A characteristic feature of cestodes of the genus Quentinotaenia is also their zoogeographical distribution: they are the only members of the suborder Catenotaeniata occurring in the Neotropical Region. SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMV OF THE SUBFAMILY SKRJABINOTAENIINAE 1. Genus Skrjabinotaenia Akhumyan, 1946 emend. Syn. : Catenotaenia (Spasskiela) Tenora, 19 59. Description: Cestodes of the family Catenotaeniidae, subfamily Skrjabinotaeniinae. Scolex with 4 spherical suckers. Neck present or absent. Genital apparatus unpaired. Testes numerous, surrounding ovary in various ways: a) from lateral and ventral side, b) from lateral side, c) sometimes circumovarial. Testes may be divided into two groups. Strobila acraspedote or craspedote. Full gravid proglottids longer than wide. Basic longitudinal stem with numerous side branches, shorter than the stem. Eggs possessing oncosphere provided with membrane with or without protrusions. Life-cycle unknown. Adult specimens parasitic in rodents. Distribution: Palaearctic and Ethiopian Region. Type species: Skrjabinotaenia oranensis (Joyeux et Foley, 1930) Akhumyan, 1946 (Fig. 15). Syn. : Catenotaenia oranensis Joyeux et Foley, 1930. Deposition of holotype of type species: Laboratoire de Zoologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Suisse. The genus Skrjabinotaenia further includes the following described species: S. lobata (Baer, 1925), S. capensis (Ortlepp, 1940), S. lucida (Ortlepp, 1962), S. compacta (Ortlepp, 1962), S. psammomi Mikhail et Fahmy, 1969, S. pauciproglottis Quentin, 1965, S. media Quentin, 1971, S. occidentalis Hunkeler, 1972, S

. madagascariensis Quentin et DuretteDesset, 1974 (Figs. 5-13). Other species of the genus Skrjabinotaenia Akhumyan, 1946 included in this genus by GENOV and TENORA (1979) are transferred by us to the genus Meggittina Lynsdale, 1953 (Figs. 1-4). 2. Genus Meggittina Lynsdale, 19 53 Syn. : Rajotaenia Wertheim, 1954 Description: Cestodes of the family Catenotaeniidae, Skrjabinotaeniinae. Strobila acraspedote, strongly reduced, consisting of scolex, neck and only few segments. Gravid segments not longer than wide, mostly several times wider than long. Genital pores alternating. Ovary and vitelline gland situated near to poral part of segments. Ovary highly branched, vitelline gland massive. Cirrus sac presents, is shorter than vagina. External seminal vesicle and internal seminal vesicle absent. Testes numerous, situated in two lateral groups or in two groups in front of female genital organs. Basic longitudinal stem of uterus very short, side branches not numerous, several times longer than the stem. Lateral branches giving off short wide secondary branches from their inner sides. Exact morphology of eggs unknown in type species without a pyriform apparatus. Life-cycle unknown. Parasites of rodents. Geographical distribution: Ethiopian Region, Egypt, Israel, Madagascar. Type species: Meggittina baeri Lynsdale, 1953 (Fig. 19). Deposition of "holotype: Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London. Differential diagnosis: The genue Meggittina Lynsdale, 1953 is closely related to Skrjabinotaenia Akhumyan, 1946, differing from this genus in the formation of strobila. particularly of gravid segments, which are never longer than wide. Another significant char-