A New Dilepidid Tapeworm and Notes on Other Tapeworms of Rodents

Abstract

Choanotaenia nebraskensis is descr. from the prairie meadow vole, Microtus ochrogaster, from Nebraska. New combs. are: C. spermophili (Prochoanotaenia spermopili McLeod) and C. peromysci (P. p. Erickson). Oochoristica symmetrica (Baylis) (=O. ratti Yamaguti and Miyata); Hymenolepis diminuta (Rudolphi ) (=H. citelli McLeod). A key to the spp. of Choanotaenia from mammals is given.