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Hymenolepis miniopteri n.sp., (Cestoda), from an Australian Bat, Miniopterus blepotis (Temminck, 1840)**

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

Dorothea F. Sandars
Affiliation:
From Institut de Zoologie, Université de Nenchâtel and Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Extract

A new species, Hymenolepis miniopteri is described. The specimens studied were recovered from the ileum of the bat, Miniopterus blepotis (Temminck, 1840) from South Queensland.

The type and cotype specimens are lodged in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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