Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 19. (Budapest, 1986)

7. Testes not across or not beyond aporal ventral excretory canal .Paranoplocephala spp. * - Testes across or beyond aporal ventral excretory canal 8 8. Small cestodes, 14-21 mm long, testes aporal beyond ventral excretory canal (Fig. 11) Paranoplocephala mascomai Murai, Tenora et Rocamora, 1980* Cestodes of medium size, 60 mm and more in length, testes operlapping aporal ventral excretory canal, not beyond this canal 9 9. Vagina shorter than cirrus sac 10 - Vagina the same length or nearly the same length as cirrus sac , Paranoplocephala spp. * 10. Testes about 35-51 in number, genital opening irregularly alternating or alternating in sets, scolex more as 0.7 in diameter (Figs 12- 14 and 40- 45 \ P

aranoplocephala omphalodes (Hermann, 1783)* - Testes 24-35 in number, genital opening irregularly alternating or unilateral; group of species, very near to P. omphalodes (Fig. 16) Paranoplocephala caucasica (Kirschenblat, 1938) V (Fig. 15) Paranoplocephala microti (Hansen, 1947) .. .(Fig. 17) Paranoplocephala kirbyi (Voge, 1948) 11. Seminal receptacle spherical or oval 12 Seminal receptacle elongated or bottle-shaped 17 12. Testes more than 90 in number 13 - Testes 25-60 in number 14 13. Testes beyond ventral excretory canals, parasites of ǣejioda^^l^s_gjjjidu in Africa (Fig. 18) Paranoplocephala gundii (Joyeux, 1923)* - Testes only between ventral excretory canals, parasites of Octodon degus_ in South America (Fig, 19) ....... . . . . . Paranoplocephala octodensis (Babero et Cattan, 1975) 14. Cirrus sac remarkable long, across 1/4 of segmental width. Genital opening irregularly alternating, testes number 40-50, scolex relatively small 0.215-0.500 mm, parasites of Arvicolidae (Fig. 20) Paranoplocephala arctica (Rausch, 1952) - Cirrus sac smaller, of another length ratio 15 15. Vagina the same length or longer as cirrus sac. Genital opening unilateral, exceptionally alternating in long sets, testes 30-55 in number, scolex diameter 0.43-0. 68 mm (Fig. 23) Paranoplocephala gracilis Tenora et Murai, 1980 - Vagina shorter as cirrus sac , 16 16. Genital opening irregularly alternating. Testes 22-35 in number, scolex about 0. 530.77 mm in diameter, cirrus sac longer than vagina (Fig. 22) , i- Paranoplocephala kalelai (Tenora, Haukisalmi et Henttonen, 1985)* - Genital opening unilateral,, testes 30-40 in number, scolex about 0. 70 mm, parasites of Sciuridae (Fig. 21) , . . . ; .

Paranoplocephala primordialis (Douthitt, 1915) 17. Testes across or beyond ventral excr.etory canals 18 - Testes not across or not beyond excretory canals 22 18. Ovar dividing testes into two groups, testes 120-130 in number, parasites of Das^mys and Mjlorpys in Africa (Fig. 24) Paranoplocephala dasymidis (Hunkeler, 1972) Figs 34-39: Andrya rhopalocephala (Riehm, 1881) (34-35= mature segments;' 36= postmature segment with developing uterus; 37= coexistence of testes with uterus; 38-39= reticular uterus in gravid segments). Figs 40-45: Paranoplocephala omphalodes (Hermann, 1783) (40= mature segments; 41= uterus in postmature segments; 42-45= uterus development in the pregravid and gravid segments - Photos orig., based on Hungarian material from Lepus europaeus /34^39/ and from Microtus arvalis /40-45/).