Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
10-1947
Abstract
The examination of an Eastern Nighthawk (Chordeiles m. minor (Forster)), collected September 25, 1945, at Marion, Ohio, revealed numerous, very small cestodes free in the lumen of the small intestine. About fifty specimens were found, but, because of the delicate strobila of this species, few were entire.
Although these cestodes were very thin and translucent, the preparation of well-stained whole mounts presented unusual difficulty. Best results were obtained with a mixture of Ehrlich's and Delafield's haematoxylin stains. Frontal and transverse serial sections, cut at 10 and 15 μm, were made.
This cestode clearly belongs in the sub-family Dilepidinae, but, insofar as may be determined, the combination of characters is such that it cannot be assigned to any of the existing genera. A new genus has therefore been erected.
Comments
Published in Journal of Parasitology (October 1947) v. 33, no. 5. Copyright 1947, the American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.