Taxonomic status of several sibling species – parasites in man and in other vertebrates

Abstract

The taxonomic status of several related species pairs of sibling species character is discussed. They are the following pairs: 1) Ascaris lumbricoides L., 1758; A. suum Goeze, 1782; 2) Rodentolepis nana (Siebold, 1852); R. fraterna (Stiles, 1906); 3) Hymenolepis flavopunctata (Weinland, 1858); H. diminuta (Rudolphi, 1819).

Keywords

• <i>Homo</i>
• free living and domestic Vertebrata
• parasites
• <i>Ascaris suum</i>
• <i>A. lumbricoides</i>
• <i>Rodentolepis nana</i>