Mesocestoides, Vaillant, 1863

Mariaux, Jean & Georgiev, Boyko B., 2020, Cestode parasites (Neodermata, Platyhelminthes) from Malaysian birds, with description of five new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 616, pp. 1-35 : 30

Mesocestoides sp. (larvae)

Material examined

MALAYSIA • 6 larval forms (in mesenteries); Selangor, University of Malaya’s Gombak Field Station ; 3.32° N, 101.77° E; 280–350 m a.s.l.; 7Aug. 2010; partial COI sequence, Genbank MN 590294 ; MHNG- PLAT-121160 .

Host

Philentoma pyrhoptera (Temminck, 1836) ( Passeriformes , Vangidae ).

Remarks

The presence, possibly massive, of tetrathyridia is known from many avian species, including Passeriformes over almost all the world ( Literák et al. 2004; Mariaux et al. 2017; Heneberg et al. 2019). This is a new host and locality for the genus.