Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 18. (Budapest, 1985)

Parasit, hung. 18. 1985 On some Paranoplocephala species (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) parasitizing rodents (Rodentia) in Europe Dr. Frantisek TENORA —Dr. Éva MURAI —Dr. Claude VAUCHER Department of Zoology and Fur Animal Breeding, University of Agriculture, Brno, Czechoslovakia — Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary — Department of Invertebrates, Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland "On some Paranoplocephala species (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) parasitizing rodents (Rodentia) in Europe - Tenora, F. - Murai, É. - Vaucher, C. - Parasit, hung., 18: 29-48. 1985. ABSTRACT. Redescriptions of the species Paranoplocephala omphalodes (Hermann, 1783), P. blanchardi (Moniez, 1891) and P. gracilis Tenora et Murai, 1980, are given and a new species, Paranoplocephala janickii sp. n. is described. Historical and critical notes on the morphology and taxonomy are added to each description. Problems of the characterization of the genus Paranoplocephala Lühe, 1910 are discussed. KEY WORDS. Paranoplocephala omphalodes, P. blanchardi, P. gracilis, redescriptions, Paranoplocephala janickii sp. n. , Cestodes, Anoplocephalidae, morphology, taxonomy. In order to revise the systematic status of some cestodes of the genus Paranoplocephala Lühe, 1910 parasitizing rodents in Europe, we have re-examined some species the material of which is deposited in Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Geneva (NHMG) and Zoological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Muséum (HNHM) in Budapest. The obtained results supplement a previously published study (TENORA, MURAI, VAUCHER, 1984). HISTORY OF THE GENUS PARANOPLOCEPHALA LÜHE, 1910 The genus Paranoplocephala was established by LÜHE (1910) for the cestodes of the species Anoplocephala omphalodes (Hermann, 1783). Since the author had no material at his disposal, he based the generic diagnosis on the description and illustrations published by STIEDA (1862). However, the drawing and characterization of the uterus were interpreted incorrectly. BAER (1923) recognized the genus Paranoplocephala Lühe, 1910 with a single species, P. om phalodes (Hermann, 1783). In 1927, the same author transferred the genus Anoplocephaloides Baer, 1924 to the synonymy of the genus Paranoplocephala Lühe, 1910 and thus extended the species structure of this genus to seven species. His characterization of the uterus in members of the genus Paranoplo cephala is based on the characterization published by LÜHE (1910): "Uterus sackförmig, quergestreckt, mit taschenartigen Ausbuchtungen" (see LÜHE, 1910); "Uterus en forme de tube transverse pouvant dépasser les vaisseaux excréteurs à la ventrale et devenant sacciforme et lobé" (see BAER, 1927). JOYEUX and BAER (1936) proceeded in the same way as BAER (1927). SPASSKY (1951) made a redescription of the genus Paranoplocephala. His generic diagnosis and uterus characterization were principally based on the diagnosis of previous authors: "At