Mathevolepis, SPASSKY, 1948

MATHEVOLEPIS SPASSKY, 1948

( FIGS 3E, 4H, J)

A m e n d e d d i a g n o s i s (m o d i f i e d a f t e r: G u l y a e v & Karpenko, 1998): Small cestodes with serial homonomous maturation. Strobila consists of one to four series of proglottides with up to 13 proglottides per series. Proglottides acraspedote, initially wider than long, gravid longer than wide. Scolex with rudimentary rostellum. Suckers with muscular edge, expand far beyond margins of scolex. Osmoregulatory canals without transverse anastomoses. Genital pores dextral. Cirrus-sac long, crossing midline of proglottis and may cross aporal osmoregulatory canals. Cirrus armed. Internal seminal vesicle absent. External seminal vesicle elongate. Testes three, in row or a triangle, one poral, and two antiporal. Vaginal sphincter present or absent. Ovary entire or trilobed. Vitellarium entire, postovarian. Seminal receptacle indistinct. Uterus initially horseshoe-shaped, then ring-shaped, in gravid proglottides sacciform. In Holarctic.

Type species: Mathevolepis petrotschenkoi Spassky, 1948 .

Other species: Mathevolepis alpina Binkienė & Kontrimavichus, 2012 ; Mathevolepis junlanae Melnikova et al., 2004 ; Mathevolepis ketеnchievi I r z h av s k y e t a l., 2 0 0 5; M a t h e v o l e p i s l a r b i c u s Karpenko, 1982; Mathevolepis macyi (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Gulyaev & Karpenko, 1998 [syn.: Hymenolepis macyi Locker & Rausch, 1952 ; Soricina macyi (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Zarnowski, 1956 ]; Mathevolepis skrjabini ( Sadovskaya, 1965) Gulyaev & Karpenko, 1998 [syn.: Cucurbilepis skrjabini Sadovskaja, 1965 ; Cucurbilepis trifolia Karpenko, 1983 ; Soricinia japonica Sawada & Koyasu, 1991 ; Sinuterilepis diglobovari sensu Eltyshev, 1975 nec Sadovskaya, 1965 ( Gulyaev, 1991)].