Dr. Holló Ferenc szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 3. (Budapest, 1970)

Parasit. Hung. 3. 33-42,1970 Hymenolepis straminea (Goeze, 1782) (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae), Parasite of Cricetus cricetus L. in Hungary Dr. Frantisek TENORA — Dr. Éva MURAI Department of Zoology of the University of Agriculture, Brno — Zoological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest Although the species Cricetus cricetus 1. is a widely spread rodent in Hungary, there were only few reports on its tapeworm parasites until recently (cf. EDELÉNYI, 1966). In the present study attention has been paid to the taxonomical status of the tapeworms belonging to the genus Hymenolepis Weinland, 1858 . These tapeworms have been found in this mammal in three localities, viz. Budapest (Rákospalota), Balmazújváros and Debrecen - see Pig. 1. In all cases members of H

ymenolepis strami nea (Goeze, 1782) are concerned.

11 Altogether 12 complete strobilae found in the small intestine of the above host have been at our disposal. Taking into consideration that, until recently, this species was synonymized with Hymenolepis fraterna (Stiles, 1906)(cf., e.g., SPASSKIJ, 1954), and that the description of H. straminea (Goeze, 1782) based on the material from Hungary is missing,we present the main metric and morphological data on this parasite. 1 SPASSKIJ, 1954 included this species into the genus Roden- tolepis Spasskij, 1954. 11 This study was commenced during both authors'stay in the Institute of Zoology of the University in Neuchâtel in Switzerland in 1969, and was finished during TENORA'

s stay in the Zoological Department of the Museum in Budapest in March of 1970.