Schizorchis yamashitai sp. n. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from the Northern Pika Ochotona hyperborea Pallas in Hokkaido

Authors

Robert L. Rausch, University of WashingtonFollow

Date of this Version

6-1963

Comments

Published in the Journal of Parasitology (June 1963) 49(3): 479-482. Copyright 1963, the American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.

Abstract

Schizorchis yamashitai sp. n., from the northern pika in Hokkaido, is described and its morphological characteristics compared with those of the three previously known species of Schizorchis Hansen, 1948. The zoogeography of Schizorchis spp. in pikas is briefly discussed.