Taxonomy: f. Hymenolepididae
Animal: Hymenolepis nana 12 03.jpg
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Comment:
Double infection of developing Dipylidium caninum (D) and fully developed Hymenolepis nana (H) metacestodes from the haemocoele of a cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis) adult reared at 32C/3mmHg, 9 days after ingestion of eggs by the larval stage of the flea. The cat flea is the intermediate host. (c- cercomer, r- rostellum) (Pugh 1985 PhD thesis - see bibliography).

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