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Tenora, F. ; Murai, É.: Cestodes recovered from rodents (Rodentia) in Mongolia

Catenotaenia rhombomydis SCHULZ et LAND A, 1934 The species is characterized by 400 testes and 18—22x2 uterine branches. Typical hosts are the members of the family Gerbillidae from the South Caspian region. C i'enotiiniz gsossiuri ORTL^PP, 1938 The species is characterized by the presence of 200 testes and 40 X 2 branches of uterus. The typical host is Oeosciurus capensis. It is questionable whether the material determined by JOYEUX & BAER (1945) as C. geosciuri really represents this species. Their specimens differed in the smaller number of uterine branches (12—18 X 2), host species (Xerus rutillus and Euxerus erythropus) and in the different position of testes (forming an undivided group). This material, described by JOYEUX & BAER (1945) as C. geosciuri, more closely resembles C. chabaudi DOLLFUS, 1953, and it may be assumed that a new cestode species is concerned. Catenotaenia linsdalei MCINTOSH, 1941 The species has often been considered a synonym of C. dendritica (SMITH 1954, HOCKLEY 1961). The first description was based on imperfect material. The species is characterized by the presence of 130 testes and 40—50 X 2 branches of uterus. VOGE (1948), giving a new imperfect description of C. linsdalei, found 90—150 testes. Before C. linsdalei is definitively placed among the synonyms of C. dendritica, its validity should be verified on the basis of fresh material from North America. Catenotaenia cricetorum KIRSHENBLATT, 1949 (Fig. (i) The species is characterized by the presence of 19—24 X 2 branches of uterus and 90—147 testes. C. kirgizica TOKOBAJEV, 1959 (see TENORA 1964) is considered as its synonym. Most recent findings are recorded in the paper by MURAI (1974). C. cricetorum parasitizes members of the group Muroidea (Muridae, Microtidae, Cricetidae) in Eurasia. Catenotaenia reggiae RAUSCH, 1951 The species is characterized by the presence of 300 testes and 36—40 X 2 branches of uterus. The testes are partly divided into two groups. It is a typical parasite of the genus Marmota in North America. Catenotaenia calif ornica DOWELL, 1953 The species does not correspond to the characteristics of the genus Catenotaenia JANICKI, 1904. It is probably referable to Oochoristica LÜHE, 1898. Its systematical position should be clarified by the study of fresh material. Catenotaenia chabaudi DOLLFUS, 1953 The species is characterized by the presence of 70—140 testes and 19—20x2 branches of uterus. The testes are not divided into two groups. It is a parasite in members of the family Sciuridae in Africa. Catenotaenia peromysci SMITH, 1954 This species is sometimes erroneously considered a synonym of C. dendritica (WOLFGANG 1956, HOCKLEY 1961). It is characterized by the presence of 70—80 testes and 25— 30x2 branches of uterus. The testes are not divided. TENORA (1964, p. 345) misidentified cestodes of the species C. cricetorum as C. peromysci. The species C. peromysci does not parasitize rodents in Europe, it is a parasite of Cricetidae in North America.