Helenicula simena ( Hsu and Chen, 1957 )

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Helenicula simena ( Hsu and Chen, 1957)

Globularoschoengastia simena Hsu and Chen, 1957: 239 , figs. 14–22; Chen & Hsu 1958a: 408.

Helenicula simena: Schluger et al. 1960a: 174 , fig. 4; Nadchatram & Traub, 1971: 564; Wen 1984b: 320; Li et al. 1997: 328, fig. 2-22-17; Chau et al. 2007: 139, fig. 65; Chaisiri et al. 2016: 330.

Helenicula (Helenicula) simena: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 112 ; 1968b: 101.

Type deposition. ZSM .

Type data. Ex unknown host, China, Yunnan Province, Simen .

Hosts. RODENTIA : Apodemus chevrieri , A. draco , A. sylvaticus , Bandicota bengalensis , Dremomys pernyi , Eothenomys miletus , Menetes berdmorei , Mus musculus bactrianus , M. pahari , Niviventer confucianus , N. fulvescens , Rattus andamanensis , R. nitidus , R. norvegicus , R. rattus , R. tanezumi ; SCANDENTIA : Tupaia belangeri chinensis , T. glis ; ERINACEOMORPHA : Hylomys suillus ; CARNIVORA : Paguma larvata , Prionodon pardicolor ; PRIMATES: Macaca mulatta ; AVES: Centropus sinensis intermedius , Dicrurus hottentottus hottentottus , Gallus gallus domesticus , Lanius schach schach , Pellorneum ruficeps vividum , Pomatorhinus hypoleucos tickelli .

Distribution. China, Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks. Apodemus sylvaticus was included in the list of hosts obviously because of an inexact identification of some Asian species of Apodemus .