Paranoplocephala sciuri (Rausch, 1947) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae), a Parasite of the Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus), with a Discussion of Its Systematic Status

Voitto Haukisalmi; Robert L. Rausch

doi:10.1654/4251.1

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Voitto Haukisalmi,^1,* Robert L. Rausch²

¹a Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Unit, P.O. Box 18, FI-01301 Vantaa, Finland (
²b Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 357190, Seatt

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Abstract

This study redescribes Andrya sciuri Rausch, 1947 (Anoplocephalidae) from the northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw), in North America, to redefine the morphology and generic position of this poorly known cestode. Andrya sciuri is shown to belong unambiguously to the genus Paranoplocephala Lühe, 1910 sensu Haukisalmi and Wickström (2005). Paranoplocephala sciuri is compared with 4 species that resemble it morphologically, and features that can be used in its identification are presented. It is suggested that P. sciuri has speciated through a shift from arvicoline rodents (voles and lemmings) to G. sabrinus.

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Voitto Haukisalmi and Robert L. Rausch "Paranoplocephala sciuri () (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae), a Parasite of the Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus), with a Discussion of Its Systematic Status," Comparative Parasitology 74(1), 1-8, (1 January 2007). https://doi.org/10.1654/4251.1

Published: 1 January 2007

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