Folia Parasitologica 52[4] 311-321 (2005) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.043

Morphological characterisation of Paranoplocephala bairdi (Schad, 1954) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in heather voles Phenacomys spp. and tree voles Arborimus spp., and related species in voles and lemmings (Muridae: Arvicolinae)

Voitto Haukisalmi1, Robert L. Rausch2, Heikki Henttonen1
1 Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Centre, P.O. Box 18, FIN-01301 Vantaa, Finland
2 University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Comparative Medicine, Box 357190, Seattle, WA 98195-7190, USA

The taxonomical status of Paranoplocephala bairdi (Schad, 1954)-like cestodes (Anoplocephalidae) in heather voles Phenacomys spp. and tree voles Arborimus spp. (Muridae: Arvicolinae) and their discrimination from five related species of Paranoplocephala is assessed using uni- and multivariate morphometrics. The analyses support the independent status and conspecificity of specimens from Phenacomys spp. and Arborimus spp., and P. bairdi is therefore suggested to be a host-specialist species of heather and tree voles with a wide geographical distribution in North America. A redescription is presented for P. bairdi.

Keywords: Paranoplocephala bairdi, Anoplocephalidae, Cestoda, voles, Phenacomys, Arborimus

Received: January 6, 2005; Accepted: March 2, 2005; Published: September 1, 2005  Show citation

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Haukisalmi, V., Rausch, R.L., & Henttonen, H. (2005). Morphological characterisation of Paranoplocephala bairdi (Schad, 1954) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in heather voles Phenacomys spp. and tree voles Arborimus spp., and related species in voles and lemmings (Muridae: Arvicolinae). Folia Parasitologica, 52(4), 311-321. doi: 10.14411/fp.2005.043
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