Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 26. (Budapest, 1993)

MATERIALS AND METHODS Metacestodes of Taenia species were recovered from the following intermediate hosts: 1. One ibex (Capra ibex sibirica Pallas, 1776,3 years old male, Mongolia, South Gobi Aimak, Mts Sevrej, 2000 m above sea level, 02. 09. 1975, No. 4297 HNHM), metacestodes under the lung surface and in the body cavity. 2. Three Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus (Pallas, 1771), Sibiria, Oék Somon, 50 km north of Irkutsk, 05-09.10.1982. No. 4298 HNHM: 8-10 years old male, No. 4299 HNHM: 1.5 year old female, No. 4300 HNHM: 10 years old female), metacestodes under the surface of the lungs and the liver as well as in the tissue of the lungs. 3. Forty-six Taenia metacestodes from Hungarian game ruminants (see Murai and Sugár (1979) for additional review). The adult specimens investigated of the genus Taenia were as follows: 1. Five cases of adult Taenia hydatigena were available for morphological studies: HNHM No. 6940 Canis familiáris, experimantally infected, Matskási, 11 August, 1975; HNHM No. 7831 and No 7834 two Canis familiáris (stray dogs), Hospital of Veterinary University, Kotlán, 1928; HNHM No 13202 Canis familiáris, Budapest, August 1972; HNHM No. 7833 Canis lupus, Budapest Zoo, July 1928, legit S. Kotlán. 2. Materials of the Natural History Museum in Geneva: a. T. crocutae Mettrick et Beverly-Burton, 1961, T hyaenae Baer, 1926, T. dromedarii Pellegrini, 1945, T lycaontis Baer et Fain, 1955 parasitizing Canidae and with wild ruminants as their intermediate hosts. b. T hydatigena identified by Fuhrmann and Baer (1943) and recovered from Canis familiáris in East Africa, Omo-Sagan, NHMG No 15/40,15/41. c. T hydatigena identified by Sawada and Shogaki (1975) from a feral dog (Canis familiáris) in Nepal. d. T acinonyxi Ortlepp, 1938, Panthera pardus, Congo Belge, Nyangwé, NHMG No. 1711, 94/18, 94/19, No. 23705, 94/20; T gonyamai Ortlepp, 1938, Panthera leo, South Africa, NHMG No. 124/24; T. hlosei Ortlepp, 193S, Acinonyx jubatus; T. ingwei Ortlepp, 1938, Panthera parous. Their intermediate hosts are ruminants. Materials collected were fixed in 10 per cent formalin. Larval and adult cestodes were preserved in 70 per cent ethanol. Adult specimens were stained with haematoxyline. Shape characteristics of the hooks were studied in Berlese medium. Bladderworms were identified by both the structure of the bladder-worms and morphology of the scolex as well as the size and shape characters of the hooks. Four morphometric characters of large and small hooks, respectively were measured: total length (TL), handle length (HL), basis length (BL) and guard width (TW) at the height of the pick of guard. Finally, the morphometric characters of larval T. hydatigena, T. kotlani sp. n. and T. parenchymatös a were used in a bivariate discriminant analysis (SPSS/PC + ).