What is it about?
The tapeworm fauna of carnivores in the middle East differs from other regions. about 70% of the feral cats in Dubai have tapeworms in the life cycles of which reptiles are involved. At a closer look, one of the species (Joyeuxiella fuhrmanni) was wrongly named. The right name is Joyeuxiella gervaeisi that was described some 20 years earlier from material that was found in a civet cat originating from Eritrea,
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When describing nee parasite species, it is always important to consider what is written in the old literature
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This page is a summary of: Redescription and resurrection of the status of Joyeuxiella gervaisi (Setti, 1895) (Eucestoda, Dipylidiidae)5, Helminthologia, June 2023, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.2478/helm-2023-0016.
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