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

Catenotaenia laguri SMITH, 1954 This species is sometimes erroneously regarded as a synonym of C. dendritica (WOLFGANG 1956, HOCKLEY 1961, TENORA 1964). It differs from it, however, in the number of testes. C. laguri is characterized by 70—80 testes and 35—40x2 branches of uterus. It parasitizes only rodents of the family Microtidae in North America. In its morphology it is most closely related to C. dendritica and C. reggiae. It should be mentioned that the cestodes recovered by TENORA & KTJLLMANN (1970) from Blanfordimys afghanus and Calomgscus bailwardi in Afghanistan were erroneously ascribed to C. laguri. This material differs in principle from C. laguri in the following characters : a) the testes form a complex group, b) the number of testes is smaller'

(50—60 : 70—80). To all appearances, the study of a new material from Afghanistan will reveal that a new cestode species was involved in the case of C. laguri sensu TENORA & KTJLLMANN 1970. Catenotaenia mesovitellinica ARANGAS REGO, 1967 The species is characterized by the presence of 40 testes and 16—18x2 branches of uterus. It is the sole member of the genus Catenotaenia parasitizing rodents in the Neotropical Region. The authors agree with QUENTIN'S (1971) conclusions on this species. Catenotaenia matovi GENOV, 1971 The species is characterized by the presence of 140—160 testes and 7—9 x 2 branches of uterus. It is a parasite of Apodemus ßavicollis and Apodemus sylvaticus in Europe. ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE CHOLODKOWSKY, 1902 Aprostatandrya sp. Host: Alticola roylei semicanus G. ALLEN, 1924 Location in host : small intestine. Locality : Barun Lrt, 112° 37'East, 47° 18'North, 1240 m above sea level, II. 8. 1972, Mongolia. Only some fragments of cestodes were found. Their characteristics refer to the genus Aprostatandrya SPASSKY, 1951, but no specific identification was possible. References DOLLFUS, R. PH. (1953): Catenotaenia chabaudi sp. n. de Xerus (Atlantoxerus) getulus (Linné, 1758) (Cestoda, Cyelophyllidea). — Misc. Helmint. Maroc, 5—11: 533—540. GENOV, T. (1971): A new cestode from rodents in Bulgaria — Catenotaenia matovi sp. nov. (Cestoidea, Catenotaeniidae). — Compt. Ren. Acad. Sei. Agric. Bulg., 4(1): 119—122. HOCKLEY, A. R. (1961): On Skrjabinotaenia cricetomydis sp. n. (Cestoda, Anoplocephalata) from the Gambian Pouched Rat, Nigeria. — J. Helmint., 35 (3—4) : 235—254. JOYEUX, CH. & BAER, J. G. (1945): Morphologie, évolution et position systématique de Catenotaenia pusilla (Goeze, 1782) Cestode parasite de Rongeurs. — Rev. Suiss. Zool., 52 (2): 13—51. KMPLUEHEJIAT, H. il. (1949): K reJibMHHTO(bayHe 3aKaBKasK0B0 XoMinxa (Mesocricetus auratus brandti Nehr.) — Yneime 3anucKU Jley, Cep. BUOA., 19 (101): 110-127. MURAI, É. (1974): Review of tapeworms in Microtinae from Hungary. —

Parasit. Hung., 7: 111—142. ORTLEPP, R. J. (1938) : Some mammalian and avian cestodes. — Onderstepoort J. Vet. Sei. Anim. Ind., 11 (1): 23^50. QUENTIN, J. C. (1971): Cestodes Skrjabinotaenia de Rongeurs, Muridés et Dendromuridés de Centrafrique. Hypothese sur l'évolution des Cestodes Catenotaeniinae. — Cah. Maboké, 9 (1): 57—79.