Dr. Éva Murai szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 4. 1987 (Budapest, 1987)

Murai, É.: Triodontolepis torrentis sp. n. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) a parasite of Neomys fodiens (Insectivora)

IDENTIFICATION KEY TO THE GENUS TRIODONTOLEPIS YAMAGUTI, 1959 1 (10) Number of rostellar hooks 10 (exceptionally 11-12) 2 (3) Ripe eggs in the last segments without egg capsule, length of the hooks 38-42 jum, at the basis 34-37 jum, host: Neomys fodiens T. torrentis sp. n. 3 (2) Eggs in capsule-like formations 4 (5) Length of hooks 25-27 jum, at the basis 22-25 urn, hosts: N. anomalus and N. fodiens T. skrjabini Spassky et Andrejko, 1968 5 (4) Length of hooks over 50 um 6 (9) Number of hooks 10 7 (8) Length of hooks over 60 jum (see variability in footnote) T. bifurca (Hamann, 1&91) 8 (7) Length of hooks less than 60 jam (after VAUCHER, (1971) syn. of T. bifurca) T. tridontophora (Soltys, 19 54) 9 (6) Number of hooks 10-12, length 80 um (after VALKOUNOVÁ, 1985) 72-76 jum), basis 68 jam, host: N. anomalus, in Sumava Mts (after VAUCHER (1971) syn. of T. bifurca

) T. sumavensis (Prokopic,

1957) 10 (1) Number of rostellar hooks over 15 11(12) Number uf iiooKs 16-18, length 21-24 jum, basis 19 jum T. neomidis (Baer, 1931) 12 (11) Number of hooks 16-21, length over 25 jim (see variability in footnote)** T. hamanni (Mrázek, 1891) 13(14) Number of hooks 30, length 28 jum, basis 26 jam, handle longer than blade, host: N. anomalus T. rysavyi Prokopic, 197 2 14(13) Number of hooks 34, length 30-32 jum, basis 30jUm, handle shorter than blade, host: N. fodiens , Georgian SSR T. kurashvilii Prokopic et Matsaberidze, 1971 There are some opinions and observations about the variability of the species T. bifurca; all have 10 rostellar hooks with the same characteristic form: a - Length of hooks 65 jum, basis 61 (adults) and 65 jam by 60 jum (cysticercoids), Switzerland VAUCHER, 1971 b- Length of hooks 61-69 jam, basis 52-58 urn, hosts: N. anomalus and N. fodiens

, Hungarian localities present paper c - Length of hooks 67-78 jum, basis 56-65 urn, host: N. fodiens

, West Carpathians present paper d - Length of hooks 68 jam, basis 64 ^um, host: N. fodiens

, Bulgaria GENOV, 1984 e - Length of hooks 60-64.urn, basis 45-47 jam, adult worms and cysticercoids, in Czech Basin PROKOPIC, 1972 and VALKOUNOVÁ, 1985 Measurements of T. hamanni by various authors: a - 18-22 hooks, length 25 jam (cysticercoids) "LIN STOW, 1982 b - 15-22 hooks, 23-33 jum long (cysticercoids, probably mixed data of T. neomidis and T. hamanni

) • BAER and JOYEUX, 1943 c - 16-17 hooks, 23-26 um long (adults) VAUCHER, 19 71 d- 15-20 hooks, 26-31 jum long (cysticercoids) VALKOUNOVÁ, 1985 e - 16-20 (in one case 21) hooks, 25-29 jum long (adults), host: N. fodiens

, West Carpathians present paper f - 16-18 hooks, 19-24jum long (adults), host: N. fodiens

, Bulgaria (syn. of T. neomidis Baer, 1931) GENOV, 1984