title: A new species of cestode, Vampirolepis muraiae n. sp. (Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae), from a Chinese bat.
abstract: Vampirolepis muraiae n. sp. (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae) is described on the basis of a single specimen from a mouse-eared bat, Myotis sp., from Yunnan Province, China. It is distinguished from its congeners on the basis of the size and shape of the rostellar hooks, which have a blade shorter than the guard, the tubular structure of the initial stage of the developing uterus and eggs with a thick outer coat.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia. makarikova@mail.ru
authors.forename: Tatiana A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Makarikova
authors.forename: Vladimir D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Gulyaev
authors.forename: Mikhail P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Tiunov
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D002681:China; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity