Orthoptera as intermediate hosts of Staphylocystis furcata (Stieda, 1862) (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae).
Cysticercoids of Staphylocystis furcata (Stieda, 1962), the adults of which parasitize the shrews (Soricidae), were found in the thoracic and abdominal cavities of orthopterous insects (Orthoptera, Acridioidea) belonging to five species: Chorthippus apricarius (L.), Chorthippus paralellus (Zett.), Omocestus viridulus (L.), Chrysochraon brachypterus (Ocsk.), and Chrysochraon dispar (Germ.). The cysticercoids are described and their incidence in both sexes of the examined intermediate hosts is compared.
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Department of Parasitology and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000469:parasitology*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D009987:Orthoptera / Q000469:parasitology*