title: Morphological characterisation of Paranoplocephala bairdi (Schad, 1954) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in heather voles Phenacomys spp. and tree voles Arborimus spp., and related species in voles and lemmings (Muridae: Arvicolinae).
abstract: The taxonomical status of Paranoplocephala bairdi (Schad, 1954)-like cestodes (Anoplocephalidae) in heather voles Phenacomys spp. and tree voles Arborimus spp. (Muridae: Arvicolinae) and their discrimination from five related species of Paranoplocephala is assessed using uni- and multivariate morphometrics. The analyses support the independent status and conspecificity of specimens from Phenacomys spp. and Arborimus spp., and P. bairdi is therefore suggested to be a host-specialist species of heather and tree voles with a wide geographical distribution in North America. A redescription is presented for P. bairdi.
authors.affiliation: Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Centre, P.O. Box 18, FIN-01301 Vantaa, Finland;. voitto.haukisalmi@metla.fi
authors.forename: Voitto
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Haukisalmi
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rausch
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Henttonen
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D025341:Principal Component Analysis / Q000379:methods; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity