Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Alaska. XLV. Schistotaenia srivastavai n. sp. (Cestoda: Amabiliidae) from the Red-Necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert)

Authors

Robert L. Rausch, Arctic Health Research CenterFollow

Date of this Version

6-15-1970

Comments

Published in the H. D. Srivastava Commemoration Volume (June 15, 1970), collected and edited by Kunwar Suresh Singh and B. K. Tandan, in honor of Har Dayal Srivastava on the occasion of his 60th birthday (June 15, 1968). Published by the Division of Parasitology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, U.P., India.

Abstract

The genus Schistotaenia Cohn, 1900, at present includes six species, all parasites of grebes (Podicipediformes). Among helminths found in a red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert), on October 18, 1966, at Anchorage, Alaska, were cestodes representing two species of Schistotaenia, of which one is described here as new. The host was an adult bird which evidently had been injured during migration.

This cestode is named in honor of Dr. H. D. Srivastava, in recognition of his significant contributions to helminthological research.