Observations of the Life Cycle and Larval Development of Paruterina candelabraria (Goeze, 1782) (Cestoda: Dilepididae)

Authors

Robert L. Rausch, University of WashingtonFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

11-1949

Comments

Published in American Midland Naturalist (November 1949) v. 42, no. 3.

Abstract

Paruterina candelabraria (Goeze, 1782) is parasitic in owls in Europe and North America, and appears to be the most frequently encountered cestode occurring in strigiform birds (Wolffhugel, 1900; Rausch, 1948). It is the purpose of this paper to present observations on the larval development and life cycle of P. candelabraria. Apparently nothing is known concerning the life cycles of cestodes of the genus Paruterina Fuhrmann, 1906, most of which occur in passeriform birds.