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

Hymenolepis straminea (Goeze, 1782) Synonyms: Taenia straminea Goeze, 1782; Taenia microstoma Dujardin, 1845; Hymenolepis microstoma (Duj., 1845) Blanchard 1891; Taenia straminea Goeze, 1782 sensu Kowalewski, 1895; Hymenolepis criceti Janicki, 1904; Taenia brachydaera Diesing, 1854 sensu Lühe, 1910; Licranotaenia straminea (Goeze, 1782) Lopez-Neyra, 1942; Dicranotaenia criceti (Janicki, 1904) Skrjabin and Matevosjan, 1945; Rodentolepis straminea (Goeze, 1782) Spasskij, 1954 pro parte; Rodentolepis straminea (Goeze, 1782) sensu Yamaguti, 1959 pro parte. Description The tapeworm is 70 to 110 mm long and has the greatest body diameter of 1.8 to 2 mm. The scolex is 0.150 mm broad bearing four suckers. The suckers are 0.052 to 0.054 mm in diameter. In our material 21 to 24 hooks have been counted. They are of cricetoid type (cf. SKRJABIN and MATEV0SJAN

, 1945). The hooks measure 0.012 to 0.013 mm with their basis being 0.012 to 0.015 mm long. The rostellar sac is approximately 0.090 mm long and 0.060 mm broad. The testes are situated triangularly:one testis is poral, two aporal testes are arranged one above the other. The yolk gland and the ovary are situated between the testes. The length of the cirrus-sac varies a great deal. In the immature segments, it measures approximately 0.065 mm, in the hermaphroditic segments,its length reaches as much as 0.164 mmInside this sac, there is a fairly conspicuous vesicula seminalis interna measuring 0.038 to 0.113 mm. The vesicula seminalis externa is also present. The fairly visible vagina is situated below the cirrus-sac, its orifice gets into the common sinus of the genital organs. The eggs fixed in Berlese medium measure 0.055 to 0.076 mm x 0.040 to 0.055 mm (see Tab. 2), and bear an embryophore being 0.029 to 0.031 mm in diameter. The embryonal hooks are longer than those on the scolex. They are 0.015 to 0.018 mm long (see Tab. 2).