title: Pseudhymenolepis turkestanica sp. n. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae), a new cestode from shrews.
abstract: An illustrated description of the Pseudhymenolepis turkestanica sp. n., a new cestode from piebald shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellum) from Middle Asia is given. P. turkestanica differs from the most similar species P. papillosa Hunkeler, 1970 by the measures of the scolex and rostellum, the number of rostellar hooks and the size of embryonic hooks. P. turkestanica is considered as a specific parasite of D. pulchellum.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology of Ukr., Acad. Sci., Kiev, USSR.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Tkach
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Velikanov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006926:Hymenolepis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012788:Shrews / Q000469:parasitology*