Raillietina Fuhrmann, 1920

Beveridge, Ian & Smales, Lesley R., 2017, Cestode Parasites (Platyhelminthes) of Rodents from New Guinea and Adjacent Islands with a Redescription of Paroniella blanchardi (Parona, 1897) (Davaineidae), Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 69 (6), pp. 451-460 : 453-454

Raillietina Fuhrmann, 1920 sensu lato

Many of the rodents examined were parasitised by davaineid cestodes belonging to this genus. However, because of their poor state of preservation and the presence of few entire spEcimEns, Only a small numbEr WErE idEntifiablE tO spEciEs. In additiOn, OnE spEciEs Was rEcOgnisEd Which dOEs nOt fit thE description of any known species, but the available material is too poor to allow a full description.

Yamaguti (1959), Artykh (1966) and Schmidt (1986) recognised four sub-genera within Raillietina , these being Raillietina sensu stricto, Fuhrmannetta Stiles and Orleman, 1926 , Skrjabinia Fuhrmann, 1920 and Paroniella Fuhrmann, 1920 . The most recent review of the family (Jones & Bray, 1994) treats these taxa as independent genera, a practice followed here.