FAMILY Proteocephalidae La Rue, 1911 SUBFAMILY Acanthotaeniinae Freze, 1963 GENUS Acanthotaenia von Linstow, 1903:534 [=Rostellotaenia Freze, 1963:155] SPECIES Acanthotaenia beddardi (Woodland, 1925) [India; in Varanus bengalensis] [=Proteocephalus beddardi Woodland, 1925] SPECIES Acanthotaenia biroi (Ratz, 1900) [New Guinea, India; Johnston 1909, in Varanus flavescens] [=Ichthyotaenia biroi Ratz, 1900] SPECIES Acanthotaenia daileyi Schmidt & Kuntz, 1974:197 [Palawan Island; in Varanus salvator] SPECIES Acanthotaenia gallardi (Freze, 1965) [Australia; Johnston 1913, in Pseudechispor phyriacus, P. australis, Notechis scutatus, Denisonia superba] [=Ophiotaenia gallardi Freze, 1965] SPECIES Acanthotaenia gracilis (Beddard, 1913) [Australia; Rudin 1917, in subgenus Acanthotaenia, in Varanus varius] [=Ichthyotaenia gracilis Beddard, 1913] SPECIES Acanthotaenia nilotica (Freze, 1965) [Africa; in Varanus niloticus] [=Rostellotaenia nilotica Freze, 1965] [=Acanthotaenia articulata Rudin, 1917] [=Acanthotaenia continua Rudin, 1917] SPECIES Acanthotaenia overstreeti Brooks & Schmidt, 1978:193 [Puerto Rico; in Cyclura stejnegeri] SPECIES Acanthotaenia pythonis Wahid, 1968:81 [in int. of Chondropython viridis, London Zoo] TYPE SPECIES Acanthotaenia shipleyi von Linstow, 1903 [Sri Lanka, Celebes; in Varanus salvator] SPECIES Acanthotaenia woodlandi (Moghe, 1926) [India; in Varanus bengalensis, Calotes versicolor] [=Proteocephalus woodlandi Moghe, 1926] GENUS Kapsulotaenia Freze in Shikhobalova, 1963:155 [et al.; 1969 p.470; 1965 p.430] [=Capsulotaenia Freze, 1963] [additional spelling] SPECIES Kapsulotaenia frezei Schmidt & Kuntz, 1974:195 [Philippines; Palawan Island, in Varanus salvator] SPECIES Kapsulotaenia saccifera (Ratz, 1900) [New Guinea; in Varanus sp.] [=Ichthyotaenia saccifera Ratz, 1900] TYPE SPECIES Kapsulotaenia sandgroundi (Carter, 1943) [Indonesia; in Varanus komodoensis] [=Proteocephalus sandgroundi Carter, 1943] SPECIES Kapsulotaenia tidswelli (Johnston, 1909) [Australia; in Varanus varius, V. gouldii, V. belli] [=Acanthotaenia tidswelli Johnston, 1909] SPECIES Kapsulotaenia varia (Beddard, 1913) [Australia; in Varanus varius, V. gouldi] [=Acanthotaenia varia Beddard, 1913] SUBFAMILY Adenobrechmoinae Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus, 2006:184 GENUS Adenobrechmos Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus, 2006:184 [Type is Adenobrechmos greeri] TYPE SPECIES Adenobrechmos greeri Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus, 2006:185 [Papua New Guinea; Parasite of Sphenomorphus aignanus (Reptilia)] SUBFAMILY Corallobothriinae Freze, 1965:194 [1969 p.211] GENUS Corallobothrium Fritsch, 1886:100 SPECIES Corallobothrium fimbriatum Essex, 1927 [North America; in Ictalurus punctatus, Leptops olivarus, Ameiurus melas] SPECIES Corallobothrium parafimbriatum Befus & Freeman, 1973:244 [Ontario; in Ictalurus nebulosus] TYPE SPECIES Corallobothrium solidum Fritsch, 1886 [Egypt; in Malopterus electntus] GENUS Corallotaenia Freze, 1965:206 [1969 p.224] SPECIES Corallotaenia minutia (Fritts, 1959) [U.S., Canada; Befus & Freeman 1973, in Ameiurus nebulosus] [=Corallobothrium minutium Fritts, 1959] TYPE SPECIES Corallotaenia parva (Larsch, 1941) [Michigan; in Ameiurus nebulosus] [=Corallobothrium parvus Larsch, 1941] GENUS Megathylacoides Jones, Kerly & Sneed, 1956:186 [as subgenus of Corallobothrium; Jones & Kerley 1954 p. 41 no type] TYPE SPECIES Megathylacoides giganteum (Essex, 1928) [North America; Ameiurus melas, A. nebulosus, Ictalurus punctatus, I. lacustris, I. natalis, I. catus, Leptops olivaris] [=Corallobothrium giganteum Essex, 1928] SPECIES Megathylacoides procerum (Sneed, 1950) [North America; in Ictalurus furcatus] [=Corallobothrium procerum Sneed, 1950] SPECIES Megathylacoides swifti Shinde, 1969:453 [India; in int. of Apus affinis] SPECIES Megathylacoides thompsoni (Sneed, 1950) [North America; in Ictalurus lacustris] [=Corallobothrium thompsoni Sneed, 1950] GENUS Megathylacus Woodland, 1934:38 SPECIES Megathylacus brooksi Rego & Pavanelli, 1985:651 [Brazil; host Paulicea lutkeni (Pisces)] TYPE SPECIES Megathylacus jandia Woodland, 1934 [Brazil; in Rhamdia sp.] SPECIES Megathylacus travassosi Pavanelli & Rego, 1992:192 [Brazil; host Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Pisces)] GENUS Paraproteocephalus Chen, 1962 [page?] TYPE SPECIES Paraproteocephalus parasiluri (Zmeev, 1936) [River Amur; in Parasilurus asotus, Silurus soldatovi] [=Corallobothrium parasiluri Zmeev, 1936] SUBFAMILY Gangesiinae Mola, 1929 GENUS Electrotaenia Nybelin, 1942:19 TYPE SPECIES Electrotaenia malopteruri (Fritsch, 1886) [Africa; in Malopterurus electricus] GENUS Gangesia Woodland, 1924:445 SPECIES Gangesia ambikaei Hiware, Kakade & Reddy, 2004:66 [Maharashtra; Parasite of Wallago attu (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia aurangabadensis Shinde & Wankhede, 1990:141 [Maharashtra; host Macrones senghala (Pisces)] TYPE SPECIES Gangesia bengalensis (Southwell, 1913) [India, Pakistan; in Ophiocephalm striatus, Labeo rohita, Wallago attu] [=Ophriocotyle bengalensis Southwell, 1913] [=Gangesia agraensis Verma, 1928] [=Gangesia wallago Woodland, 1924] SPECIES Gangesia cirrhinae Patel, Shinde & Khan, 1999:75 [Maharashtra; Jalgaon, Tq. Amalner, Nanded, Host Cirrhina mrigala (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia dharurensis Jadhav & Tat, 1997:289 [Maharashtra; Dharur, Ambachondi River, Host Wallago attu (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia fotedari Dhar & Majdah, 1984:73 [Kashmir; host Glyptothorax (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia haryanae Gupta & Arora, 1979:28 [India; host Wallagonia attu (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia indica Gupta & Parmar, 1984:44 [India; host Wallagonia attu (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia kashmirensis Dhar & Fotedar, 1980:120 [Jammu, Kashmir; piscean host] SPECIES Gangesia lucknowia Singh, 1948 [India, Pakistan; in Eutropiichthys vacha] SPECIES Gangesia macrones Woodland, 1924 [India; in Marones seengha] SPECIES Gangesia mahamdabadensis Malhotra, Dixit & Capoor, 1981 [India; in Mystis tengra] SPECIES Gangesia maharashtrii Hiware & Jadhav, 1995:171 [Maharashtra; host Wallago attu (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia margolisi Shimazu, 1994:3 [Japan; Honshu, Shiga, Lake Biwa, Host Silurus biwaensis (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia mastacembli Wankhede, 2005:104 [Maharashtra; Parasite of Mastacembelus armatus (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia oligorchis Roitman & Freze, 1964 [Russia; in Pseudobagrus fulvidraco] SPECIES Gangesia osculata (Goeze, 1782) [Europe; Woodland 1924, in Silurus glanis] SPECIES Gangesia paithanensis Jadhav, Shinde & Kadam, 1983:171 [India; host Barbus ticto (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia parasiluri Yamaguti, 1934 [Japan, Russia; in Parasilurus asotus, Onchorhynchus gorbuscha, 0. keta] SPECIES Gangesia polyonchis Roitman & Freze, 1964 [Russia; in Parasilurus asototus] SPECIES Gangesia rohitae Pawar, Lakhe, Shinde & Patil, 2004:201 [Maharashtra; Parasite of Labeo rohita (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia rohitae Shinde, Mahajan & Begum, 1999:17 [Maharashtra; Akola, Host Labeo rohita (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia sanehensis Malhotra, Capoor & Shinde, 1981:42 [India; in Cirrhina mrigala, Wallago atu] SPECIES Gangesia seenghali Hiware, 1999:111 [Maharashtra; Satara, Host Mystus seenghala (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia shindei Deshmukh & Shinde, 1989:63 [Maharashtra; host Barbus ticto (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia sindensis Rehana & Bilqees, 1971:217 [Pakistan; in Wallago atu] SPECIES Gangesia spasskajae Demschin, 1987:61 [Russia; host Parasilurus asotus (Pisces)] SPECIES Gangesia sumani Shinde & Wankhede, 1990:142 [Maharashtra; host Mastacembellus armatus (Pisces)] GENUS Silurotaenia Nybelin, 1942:10 SPECIES Silurotaenia barbusi Shinde, Kadam & Jadhav, 1985:87 [India; host Barbus ticto (Pisces)] SPECIES Silurotaenia behairvnathi Deshmukh & Shinde, 1989:75 [Maharashtra; host Mastacembelus armatus (Pisces)] SPECIES Silurotaenia macroni Shinde, Kadam & Jadhav, 1985:83 [India; host Macrones singhala (Pisces)] SPECIES Silurotaenia nybelini Shinde, Deshmukh & Chinchollkar, 1975:355 [Marathwada; Ambajogai] SPECIES Silurotaenia paithanensis Shinde, Majid & Solunke, 1984:310 [India; host Macrones seenghala (Pisces)] SPECIES Silurotaenia shastri Gavhane & Jadhav, 1991:23 [Maharashtra; host Macrones singhala (Pisces)] TYPE SPECIES Silurotaenia siluri (Batsch, 1786) [Europe; in Silurus glanis] SPECIES Silurotaenia singhali Shinde, Kadam & Jadhav, 1985:86 [India; host Macrones singhala (Pisces)] SPECIES Silurotaenia tictoi Shinde, Kadam & Jadhav, 1985:88 [India; host Barbus ticto (Pisces)] SPECIES Silurotaenia vachai Gupta & Parmar, 1988:27 [India; host Eutropiichthys vacha (Pisces)] GENUS Vermaia Nybelin, 1942 [page?] SPECIES Vermaia jammuensis (Fotedar & Dhar, 1974) [India; in Wallago atu] [=Gangesia jammuensis Fotedar & Dhar, 1974] [=Gangesia jammuensis Dhar & Fotedar, 1980:115] [Jammu, Kashmir; in subgenus Vermaia; piscean host] TYPE SPECIES Vermaia pseudotropii (Verma, 1928) [India; in Pseudotropius gorua] SPECIES Vermaia sorrakowahi Zaidi & Khan, 1976:176 [Arabian Sea; Pakistan, in Scoliodon sarrakowah] SUBFAMILY Marsypocephalinae Woodland, 1933 [=Marsipocephalinae Woodland, 1933] [?] GENUS Marsypocephalus Wedl, 1861:475 [=Loennbergia Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925] [=Marsipocephalus Wedl, 1861] [?] SPECIES Marsypocephalus aegyptiacus El-Naffar, Saoud & Hassan, 1984:69 [Egypt; host Clarias lazera (Pisces)] TYPE SPECIES Marsypocephalus rectangulus Wedl, 1861 SUBFAMILY Proteocephalinae La Rue, 1911 [Mola 1929] [=Brayelainae Rego, 1984:90] GENUS Brayela Rego, 1984:90 [Type is Anthobothrium karuatayi Woodland 1934] TYPE SPECIES Brayela karuatayi (Woodland, 1934) [=Anthobothrium karuatayi Woodland, 1934] GENUS Brooksiella Rego, Chubb & Pavanelli, 1999:354 [Type is Amphoteromorphus praeputialis Rego] TYPE SPECIES Brooksiella praeputialis (Rego, Santos & Silva, 1974:200) [Brazil; Rio Amazonas] [=Amphoteromorphus praeputialis Rego, Santos & Silva, 1974] GENUS Cangatiella Pavanelli & Machado dos Santos, 1991:536 TYPE SPECIES Cangatiella arandasi Pavanelli & Machado dos Santos, 1992:536 [Brazil; host Parauchenipterus galeatus (Pisces)] GENUS Chambriella Rego, Chubb & Pavanelli, 1999:314 [Type is Goezeella agostinhoi Pavanelli & Santos 1992] TYPE SPECIES Chambriella agostinhoi (Pavanelli & Santos, 1992) [=Goezeella agostinhoi Pavanelli & Santos, 1992] GENUS Crepidobothrium Monticelli, 1900:20 [pro Crepibothrium Monticelli 1899 ?] [=Crepibothrium Monticelli, 1899:864] [=Ophidotaenia Beddard, 1913:35] SPECIES Crepidobothrium brevis (MacCallum, 1921) [Mexico; Yamaguti 1959, in Boa imperator] [=Tetrabothrius brevis MacCallum, 1921] SPECIES Crepidobothrium dollfusi Freze, 1965:407 [South America; in unknown boid host] [=Crepidobothrium minus Dollfus, 1932] [as variety of gerrardi] SPECIES Crepidobothrium eirasi Rego & de Chambrierlain, 1995:4 [Brazil; host Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Pisces)] SPECIES Crepidobothrium garzonii de Chambrier, 1988:1164 [Paraguay; host Trimeresurus alternatus (Reptilia)] TYPE SPECIES Crepidobothrium gerrardii (Baird, 1860) [South America; in Boa constrictor, Eunectes murinus] [=Tetrabothrium gerrardii Baird, 1860] [=Tetrabothrium boae MacCallum, 1921] SPECIES Crepidobothrium lachesidis (MacCallum, 1921) [South America; Yamaguti 1959, in Lachesis lanceolatus] [=Tetrabothrius lachesidis MacCallum, 1921] SPECIES Crepidobothrium macroacetabula Kugi & Sawada, 1972:181 [Japan; in Eunectes murinus; in zoo] GENUS Deblocktaenia Odening, 1963:232 TYPE SPECIES Deblocktaenia ventosaloculata (Deblock, Rosé & Broussart, 1962) [Madagascar; in Ichycyphus miniatus] [=Ophiotaenia ventosaloculata Deblock, Rosé & Broussart, 1962] GENUS Euzetiella de Chambrier, 1999:43 [Type is Euzetiella tetraphylliformis] TYPE SPECIES Euzetiella tetraphylliformis de Chambrier, 1999:44 [Brazil; Amazonas, Itacoatiara, Rio Amazonas, Host Paulicea luetkeni (Pisces)] GENUS Glanitaenia de Chambrierlain, 2004:164 [Type is Proteocephalus osculatus (Goeze 1782)] TYPE SPECIES Glanitaenia osculatus (Goeze, 1782) GENUS Macrobothriotaenia Freze, 1965:57,414 [1969 p.453] TYPE SPECIES Macrobothriotaenia ficta (Meggitt, 1927) [India; in Xenopeltis unicolor, Natrix beddomii, Naja naja] [=Crepidobothrium fictum Meggitt, 1927] GENUS Ophiotaenia La Rue, 1911:480 [=Batrachotaenia Rudin, 1917:366] [=Solenotaenia Beddard, 1913:243] [=Testudotaenia Freze, 1965:58,417] SPECIES Ophiotaenia adiposa Rudin, 1917 [Africa; in Bitis arietans] SPECIES Ophiotaenia agkistrondontis Harwood, 1933 [Texas, U.S.; in Ancistrodon piscivorus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia alternans Riser, 1942 [Louisiana; in Amphiuma tridactylum] SPECIES Ophiotaenia amphiboluri Nybelin, 1917 [Australia, Africa; in Amphibolurus barbatus, Bitis arietans] [=Crepidobothrium adiposa Meggitt, 1927] SPECIES Ophiotaenia amphiumae Zeliff, 1932 [U.S.; in Amphiuma tridactylum] SPECIES Ophiotaenia anderseni Jensen, Schmidt & Kuntz, 1983:118 [Taiwan; host Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Reptilia)] SPECIES Ophiotaenia barbouri Vigueras, 1934 [Cuba; in Tretanorhinus variabilis] SPECIES Ophiotaenia bonariensis Szidat & Soria, 1954 [Argentina; in Leptodactylus ocellatus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia bonneti de Chambrier, 2006:125 [Costa Rica; Parasite of Rana vaillanti (Amphibia)] SPECIES Ophiotaenia bufonis (Vigueras, 1942) [Cuba; in Bufo peltacephalus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia calamensis Puga & Formas, 2005:245 [Chile; Parasite of Telmatobius dankoi (Amphibia)] SPECIES Ophiotaenia calmettei (Barrois, 1898) [Martinique, Brazil, Venezuela; in Lachesis lanceolatus, Bothrops atrox] [=Ichthyotaenia calmettei Barrois, 1898] [=Ichthyotaenia raillieti Marotil, 1898] SPECIES Ophiotaenia carpatheca (Sharpilo, Kornyushin & Lisitsina, 1979:259) [Ukraine; in Triturus cristatus] [=Batrachotaenia carpatheca Sharpilo, Kornyushin & Lisitsina, 1979] SPECIES Ophiotaenia chattoraji Srivastava & Prakash Pande, 1980:34 [India; host Naja tripudiens (Reptilia)] SPECIES Ophiotaenia cohospes Cordero, 1946 [Uraquay; in Hydromedusa tectifera] SPECIES Ophiotaenia congolensis Southwell & Lake, 1939 [Belgian Congo; in Boodon olivaceus, B. lineatus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia critica Mpoame & Landers, 1981:446 [Arizona; host Ptychocheilus lucius (Pisces)] SPECIES Ophiotaenia crotophopeltis Sandground, 1929 [Tanganyika, Kenya; in Crotophopeltis torniari, C. hotamboeia] SPECIES Ophiotaenia cryptobranchi La Rue, 1915 [U.S.; in Cryptobranchus allegheniensis, Desmognathus spp., Plethodon, Pseudotriton, Triturus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia dubinini Freze & Sharpilo, 1967 [Russia; in Coronella austriaca] SPECIES Ophiotaenia ecuadorensis Dyer, 1986:599 [Ecuador; host Hyla geographica (Amphibia)] SPECIES Ophiotaenia elapsideae Sandground, 1929 [Tanganyika; in Elapsoidea guenteri] SPECIES Ophiotaenia elongata Fuhrmann, 1927 [Brazil; in a snake] SPECIES Ophiotaenia europaea Odening, 1963 [Europe; in snakes] SPECIES Ophiotaenia faranciae MacCallum, 1921 [Venezuela; in Farancia abacura (zoo), Bothrops atrox] SPECIES Ophiotaenia filarioides (La Rue, 1909) [U.S.; La Rue 1911, in Amblystoma tigrinum] SPECIES Ophiotaenia fima Meggitt, 1927 [Burma; in Rhabdophis stolata; Calcutta Zoo] SPECIES Ophiotaenia fixa Meggitt, 1927 [Burma; in Rhabdophis stolata] SPECIES Ophiotaenia flava Rudin, 1917 [Brazil; in Coluber sp.] SPECIES Ophiotaenia fragilis (Essex, 1929) [U.S., Egypt; Wardle & McLeod 1952, in Ictalurus punctatus, Synodontis schall] [=Crepidobothrium fragile Essex, 1929] SPECIES Ophiotaenia gabonica Beddard, 1913 [Africa; in Bitis gabonica] SPECIES Ophiotaenia gracilis Jones, Cheng & Gillespie, 1958 [U.S.; in Rana catesbiana] SPECIES Ophiotaenia grandis La Rue, 1911 [North America; in Ancistrodon piscivorus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia habanensis Freze & Rysavy, 1976:101 [Cuba; in Tropidophis perdalis] SPECIES Ophiotaenia hyalina Rudin, 1917 [Brazil; in a snake] SPECIES Ophiotaenia hylae Johnston, 1912 [Australia; in Hyla aurea] SPECIES Ophiotaenia indica Johri, 1955 [India; in Naia naia] SPECIES Ophiotaenia japonensis Yamaguti, 1935 [Japan; in Elaphe quadrivirgata, Natrix tigrina] SPECIES Ophiotaenia jarara Fuhrmann, 1927 [Brazil; in Bothrops alternatus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia junglensis (Srivastava & Capoor, 1980) [India; in Rana tigrina] [=Batrachotaenia junglensis Srivastava & Capoor, 1980] SPECIES Ophiotaenia kuantanensis Yen, 1956 [Malaya; in Naja hannah] SPECIES Ophiotaenia lactea (Leidy, 1855) [U.S.; La Rue 1911, in Tropidonotus sipedon] SPECIES Ophiotaenia loennbergi (Fuhrmann, 1895) [U.S.; La Rue 1911, in Necturus maculosus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia longmanni Johnston, 1916 [Australia; in Aspidites ramsayi] SPECIES Ophiotaenia lopesi Rego, 1967:185 [Brazil; in sm. int Testudo denticulata] SPECIES Ophiotaenia macrobothria Rudin, 1817 [Brazil; in Elaps corallinus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia magna Hannum, 1925 [North America; in Rana catesbiana and other species of Rana, Bufo cognatus, Acris gryllus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia marenzelleri (Barrois, 1898) [Africa, U.S.; LaRue 1911, in Ancistrodon piscivorus, Pseudaspius cana, Naja nivea, Bitis arietans, B. gabonica] SPECIES Ophiotaenia meggitti Hilmy, 1936 [Liberia; in Athens chloroechis, Coronella coronata] SPECIES Ophiotaenia micruricola (Snoop & Corkum, 1982) [Mexico; in Micrurm diastema] [=Proteocephalus micruricola Snoop & Corkum, 1982] SPECIES Ophiotaenia mjobergi Nybelin, 1917 [Australia; in Demansia psammophis] SPECIES Ophiotaenia moennigi Fuhrmann, 1924 [Burma; in Leptodira hotambeia, Natrix piscator, Simotes purpurascens] SPECIES Ophiotaenia najae Beddard, 1913 [India; in Naia tripudians] SPECIES Ophiotaenia nankingensis Hsii, 1935 [China, Burma; in Zoacys dhumnades dhumnades, Homalopsis buccata] SPECIES Ophiotaenia nattereri (Parona, 1901) [Italy; La Rue 1911, in Coluber sp.; Mexico?] SPECIES Ophiotaenia nigricollis Mettrick, 1963 [Southern Rhodesia; in Naja nigricollis] SPECIES Ophiotaenia noei Wolffhiigel, 1948 [Chile; in Calyptocephalus gayi] SPECIES Ophiotaenia nybelini Hilmy, 1936 [Liberia; in Coronella coronata] SPECIES Ophiotaenia olor (Ingles, 1936) [California; Yamaguti 1938, in Rana aurora] [=Crepidobothrium olor Ingles, 1936] SPECIES Ophiotaenia olseni Dyer & Altig, 1977:790 [Ecuador; in Hyla geographica] SPECIES Ophiotaenia ophiodex Mettrick, 1960 [Southern Rhodesia; in Causus rhombeatus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia paraguayensis Rudin, 1917 [Paraguay; in Coluber sp.] TYPE SPECIES Ophiotaenia perspicua La Rue, 1911 [North America, Panama; in Natrix rhombifer, N. sipedon, Thamnophis sirtalis, Natrix taxispilota] SPECIES Ophiotaenia phillipsi Burt, 1937 [Sri Lanka; in Trimeresurus trigonocephalus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia pigmentata (Linstow, 1907) [Java; La Rue 1911, in Psammodynastes pulverulentus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia racemosa (Rudolphi, 1819) [Brazil, Italy, France; La Rue 1911, in Coluber sp., Liophis merremii, Salmo irideus, Tropidonotus natrix] SPECIES Ophiotaenia ranae Yamaguti, 1938 [Japan; in Rana nigromaculata] SPECIES Ophiotaenia rhabdophidis Burt, 1937 [Sri Lanka; in Rhabdophis stolata] SPECIES Ophiotaenia russelli Beddard, 1913 [India; in Vipera russelli] SPECIES Ophiotaenia sanbernardinensis Rudin, 1917 [Paraguay; in Helicops leprieuri] SPECIES Ophiotaenia saphena Osier, 1931 [U.S.; in Rana clamitans] SPECIES Ophiotaenia schultzei (Hungerbühler, 1910) [South Africa; Dickley 1921, in Rana adspersa] [=Ichthyotaenia schultzei Hungerbühler, 1910] SPECIES Ophiotaenia sinensis Cheng & Lin, 2002:36 [Fujian; Parasite of Natrix tigrina lateralis (Reptilia), in Chinese] SPECIES Ophiotaenia sireni Brooks & Buckner, 1976:908 [Illinois; Jackson County, Gorham] SPECIES Ophiotaenia southwelli Freze, 1965:344 SPECIES Ophiotaenia spasskyi Freze & Sharpilo, 1967 [Russia; in Viperus berus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia striata Johnston, 1914 [Australia; in Lialis burtonii] SPECIES Ophiotaenia testudo Magath, 1924 [U.S.; in Amyda spinifera] SPECIES Ophiotaenia theileri Rudin, 1917 [Africa; in Naja naja, Causus rhombeatus] SPECIES Ophiotaenia trimeresuri (Parona, 1898) [India; La Rue 1911, in Trimeresurus sumatrans] SPECIES Ophiotaenia viperis (Beddard, 1913) [India; Rudin 1917, in Lechesis alternans] [=Solenotaenia viperis Beddard, 1913] SPECIES Ophiotaenia zschokkei Rudin, 1917 [South Africa; in Naja naja] GENUS Proteocephalus Weinland, 1858:53 [=Ichthyotaenia Lönnberg, 1894:803] SPECIES Proteocephalus aberrans Brooks, 1978:5 [Florida; in Siren lacertina] SPECIES Proteocephalus agonis Barbieri, 1909 [Europe; in Alosa finta] SPECIES Proteocephalus albulae Freze & Kuzakov, 1969 [Russia; in Coregonus albula] SPECIES Proteocephalus ambloplitis (Leidy, 1887) [North America; Benedict 1900, in Allotis, Ambloplites rupestris, Ameiurus nebulosus, Amia calva, Aphredoderus, Aplites, Aplodinotus, Boleosoma, Catonotus, Centrarchus, Chaenobryttus, Coitus, Cristivomer, Cylindrosteus, Erimyzon, Esox, Eupomotis, Helioperca] [=Taenia ambloplitis Leidy, 1887] SPECIES Proteocephalus amphiumicola Brooks, 1978:2 [Mississippi; in Amphiuma means] SPECIES Proteocephalus arandasi Santos & Rolas, 1973:39 [Brazil; in Liophis miliaris] SPECIES Proteocephalus arcticus Cooper, 1921 [Canada; in Salvelinus marstoni, Salmo clarkii, Onchorhynchm kisutch] SPECIES Proteocephalus atretiumi Devi, 1973:346 [India; 1971?; Andhra Pradesh, in Atretium schistosum] SPECIES Proteocephalus australis Chandler, 1935 [Texas; in Lepisosteus osseus] SPECIES Proteocephalus azevedoi de Chambrier, 1992:145 [Brazil; host Bothrops jararaca (Reptilia)] SPECIES Proteocephalus beauchampi Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925 [North Africa; in Dinotopterus cunningtoni, Chrysichthys brachynema] SPECIES Proteocephalus belones (Rudolphi, 1810) [Europe; LaRue 1911, in Esox belones] SPECIES Proteocephalus bivitellatus Woodland, 1937 [Sierra Leone; in Tilapia sp.] SPECIES Proteocephalus brooksi Garcia-Prieto, Rodriguez & Perez-Ponce de Leon, Gerardo, 1996:992 [Mexico; host Rhamdia guatemalensis (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus bunpurwaensis Singh & Capoor, 1993:283 [Uttar Pradesh; host Varanus monitor (Reptilia)] SPECIES Proteocephalus buplanensis Mayes, 1976:34 [Nebraska; Dawes County, in Semotilus atromaculatus] SPECIES Proteocephalus catzeflisi de Chambrier, 1992:147 [Brazil; host Bothrops jararaca (Reptilia)] SPECIES Proteocephalus cernuae (Gmelin, 1790) [Europe, northern Asia; LaRue 1911, in Acerina cernua, Esox lucius, Lota lota, Percafluviatilis, Pygosteus platygaster] [=Taenia cernuae Gmelin, 1790] SPECIES Proteocephalus chamelensis Perez-Ponce de Leon, Gerardo, 1995:773 [North Pacific; hosts Gobiomorus maculatus (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus chologasteri Whittaker & Hill, 1968:15 [Kentucky; in sm. int. and pyloric caeca of Chologaster agassizi] SPECIES Proteocephalus chubbi Pavanelli & Takemoto, 1995:595 [Brazil; Parana, Parana River, Porto Rico, Host Gymnotus carapo (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus cobraeformis Haderlie, 1953 [U.S.; in Ptychocheilus grandis] SPECIES Proteocephalus coregoni Wardle, 1932 [Hudson Bay; in Coregonus atikameg] SPECIES Proteocephalus cunningtoni Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925 [Tanganyika; in Dinotopterus cunningtoni] SPECIES Proteocephalus cyclops (Linstow, 1877) [Europe; Nufer 1905, in Coregonus maraena] SPECIES Proteocephalus dilatatus (Linton, 1889) [U.S.; LaRue 1911, in Anguilla vulgaris] SPECIES Proteocephalus dinotopteri Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925 [Tanganyika; in Dinotopterus cunningtoni] SPECIES Proteocephalus dubius LaRue, 1911 [Lake Geneva; in Perca fluviatilis] SPECIES Proteocephalus elongatus Chandler, 1935 [Texas; in Lepisosteus osseus] SPECIES Proteocephalus eperlani (Rudolphi, 1810) [Europe; Wardle & McLeod 1952, in Osmerus eperlanus] SPECIES Proteocephalus esocis (Schneider, 1905) [Asia, Europe; LaRue 1911, in Esox lucius] [=Ichthyotaenia esocis Schneider, 1905] SPECIES Proteocephalus euzeti de Chambrier, 1992:143 [Brazil; host Bothrops jararaca (Reptilia)] SPECIES Proteocephalus exiguus LaRue, 1911 [North America; in Coregonus spp., Cristovomer, Leucichthys artedi, Micropterus dolomieu, Prosopium] SPECIES Proteocephalus fallax LaRue, 1911 [Lake Lucerne; in Coregonus fera] TYPE SPECIES Proteocephalus filicollis (Rudolphi, 1802) [Europe, North America; in Coregonus artedi, C. nigripinnis, C. prognathus, Gasterosteus aculeatus, G. pungitius] SPECIES Proteocephalus fluviatilis Bangham, 1925 [U.S.; in Micropterus dolomieu] SPECIES Proteocephalus fossatus (Riggenbach, 1895) [Paraguay; LaRue 1911, in Pimolodes pati] [=Ichthyotaenia fossata Riggenbach, 1895] SPECIES Proteocephalus gaspari de Chambrier, 1984:229 [Nicaragua; host Lepisosteus tropicus (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus glanduliger Janicki, 1928 [Egypt; in Glorias anguillaris] SPECIES Proteocephalus gobiorum Dogiel & Bychowsky, 1939 [Russia; in Benthophilus macrocephalus, Gobius kessleri, Mesogobius batrachocephalus, Neogobius melanostomus] SPECIES Proteocephalus hanumanthai Ramadevi, 1974:47 [India; 1972?; in Rana cyanophylyctus] SPECIES Proteocephalus hemisphericus (Molin, 1959) [Europe; LaRue 1911, in Anguilla vulgaris] SPECIES Proteocephalus hemispherus Rahemo & Al-Niaeemi, 2001:71 [Iraq; Parasite of Silurus glanis (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus hobergi de Chambrier, 1999:172 [Paraguay; Neembucu Department, Pilar region, Host Oxydoras kneri (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus jandia Woodland, 1934 [Brazil; in Rhamdia sp.] SPECIES Proteocephalus joanae de Chambrier, 1997:289 [Brazil; Sao Paulo, Pariquera acu, Host Xenodon neuwiedi (Reptilia)] SPECIES Proteocephalus kashmirensis Dhar & Raina, 1984:30 [Kashmir; host Noemacheilus kashmirensis (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus kuyukuyu Woodland, 1935 [Brazil; in Pseudodoras niger] SPECIES Proteocephalus largoproglottis Troncy, 1978:542 [Chad; in Synodontis membranaceus] SPECIES Proteocephalus laruei Faust, 1920 [North America; in Coregonus, Leucichthys, Prosopium, Salmo] SPECIES Proteocephalus leptosoma (Leidy, 1888) [U.S.; LaRue 1911, in Esox reticulatus] SPECIES Proteocephalus longicollis (Zeder, 1800) [Europe; Nufer 1905, in Coregonus, Esox, Leuciscus, Lota, Osmerus, Perca, Salmo, Thymallus, Trutta trutta] SPECIES Proteocephalus luciopercae Wardle, 1932 [Canada; in Stizostedion canadense, S. vitrius] SPECIES Proteocephalus macdonaghi (Szidat & Nani, 1951) [Argentina; Yamaguti 1959, in Basilichthys microlepidotus] [=Ichthyotaenia macdonaghi Szidat & Nani, 1951] SPECIES Proteocephalus macrocephala (Creplin, 1815) [Europe, Russia, North Africa, North America; Nufer 1905, in Anguilla chrysypa, A. rostrata, A. vulgaris, Osmerus eperlanus?, Stizostedion vitreum?] [=Taenia macrocephala Creplin, 1815] SPECIES Proteocephalus macrophallus (Diesing, 1850) [Brazil; in Cichla monoculus] SPECIES Proteocephalus mahnerti de Chambrier, 1999:169 [Paraguay; Concepcion Department, Estancia Santa Sofia, Host Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus manjuariphilus Vigueras, 1936 [Cuba; in Atractosteus tristoechus] SPECIES Proteocephalus membranacei Troncy, 1978:538 [Chad; in Synodontis membranaceus] SPECIES Proteocephalus microcephalus Haderlie, 1953 [U.S.; in Micropterus dolomieu] SPECIES Proteocephalus micropteri (Leidy, 1887) [U.S.; LaRue 1911, in Micropterus nigricans] SPECIES Proteocephalus microscopius Woodland, 1935 [Brazil; in Cichla ocellaris] SPECIES Proteocephalus micruricola Shoop & Corkum, 1982:62 [Mexico; host Micrurus diastema affinis (Reptilia)] SPECIES Proteocephalus midoriensis Shimazu, 1990:615 [Japan; host Lefua echigonia (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus neglectus LaRue, 1911 [Switzerland; in Trutta fario] SPECIES Proteocephalus nematosoma (Leidy, 1891) [North America; in Esox lucius] SPECIES Proteocephalus niuginii Schmidt, 1975:192 [New Guinea; Mount Suckley, in Rana arfarki] SPECIES Proteocephalus ocellatus Rego & Pavanelli, 1990:96 [Brazil; host Astronotus ocellatus (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus ocellatus (Rudolphi, 1802) [Europe; in Perca fluviatilis] SPECIES Proteocephalus osburni Bangham, 1925 [U.S.; in Micropterus dolomieu] SPECIES Proteocephalus osculatus (Goeze, 1782) [Europe, Russia; Nybelin 1942, in Abramis, Acipenser stellatus, Alburnis, Leuciscus, Siluris glanis] [=Taenia osculatus Goeze, 1782] SPECIES Proteocephalus pamirensis Dzhalilov & Ashurova, 1971:110 [Russia; in Nemachilus stoliczkai] SPECIES Proteocephalus papuensis Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus, 2008:34 [Papua New Guinea; Parasite of Sylvirana supragrisea (Amphibia)] SPECIES Proteocephalus parallacticus MacLulich, 1943 [Canada; in Cristivomer namaycush, Salvelinus fontinalis, Salmo fario] SPECIES Proteocephalus parasiluri Yamaguti, 1934 [Japan; in Gnathopogon elongatus, Mogurnda obscura, Parasilurus asotus] SPECIES Proteocephalus pearsei LaRue, 1914 [U.S.; in Ambloplites, Ameirurus, Aplites, Aplodinotus, Centrarchus, Cottus, Huro, Lepibema, Lepomis, Micropterus dolomieu, Notropis, Percaflavescens, Pomoxis] SPECIES Proteocephalus pentastoma (Klaptocz, 1906) [Nigeria, Sudan; in Polypterus bichir, N36Proteocephalus endicheri] SPECIES Proteocephalus percae (Mueller, 1780) [Europe; Railliet 1899, in Acerina cernua, Coregonus spp., Cottus, Esox lucius, Gasterosteus spp., Lota lota, Osmerus, Perca fluviatilis, Salmo salvelinus] [=Taenia percae Mueller, 1780] SPECIES Proteocephalus perplexus LaRue, 1911 [U.S.; in Amia calva, Lepisosteus platostomus] SPECIES Proteocephalus pilarensis de Chambrier, 1999:179 [Paraguay; Neembucu Department, Pilar region, Host Paraloricaria (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus pinguis LaRue, 1911 [North America; in Esox, Notropis, Perca, Salmo, Salvelinus] SPECIES Proteocephalus platystomi Lynsdale, 1959 [Amazon River; in Platystoma sp.] SPECIES Proteocephalus plecoglossi Yamaguti, 1934 [Japan; in Plecoglossus altivelis] SPECIES Proteocephalus pollachii (Rudolphi, 1819) [Europe; in Merlangus pollachius] SPECIES Proteocephalus pollanicola Gresson, 1952 [Ireland; in Coregonus pollan] SPECIES Proteocephalus poulsoni Whittaker & Zober, 1978:277 [Kentucky; in Amblyopsis spelaea] SPECIES Proteocephalus primaverus Neiland, 1952 [Washington; in Salmo clarki] SPECIES Proteocephalus pronini Rusinek, 2001:160 [Mongolia; Lake Hovsgol, Parasite of Thymallus arcticus nigrescens (Pisces), in Russian] SPECIES Proteocephalus ptychocheilus Faust, 1920 [U.S.; in Ptychocheilus oregonensis, Gila straria, Richardsonius balteatus] SPECIES Proteocephalus pugetensis Hoff & Hoff, 1929 [North America; in Gasterosteus cataphractus] SPECIES Proteocephalus pusillus Ward, 1910 [U.S.; in Salmo sebago, Cristivomer namaycush] SPECIES Proteocephalus regoi de Chambrier, 1996:133 [Paraguay; host Hoplias malabaricus (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus renaudi de Chambrier, 1994:176 [Paraguay; host Platydoras costatus (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus ritae Verma, 1926 [India; in Rita rita] SPECIES Proteocephalus sagitta (Grimm, 1872) [Russia.; LaRue 1911, in Cobitis barbatula] [=Taenia sagitta Grimm, 1872] SPECIES Proteocephalus salmonidicola Alexander, 1951 [U.S.; in Salmo gairdnerii] SPECIES Proteocephalus salmonisomus (Pallas, 1813) [Europe; in Salmo omul] SPECIES Proteocephalus salmonisumblae (Zschokke, 1884) [Europe; in Salmo salvelinus, S. umbla] SPECIES Proteocephalus salvelini Linton, 1897 [Lake Superior; in Cristivomer namaycush] SPECIES Proteocephalus serrasalmus Rego & Pavanelli, 1990:93 [Brazil; host Serrasalmus (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus simplicissimus (Leidy, 1887) [in Gadus callarias] SPECIES Proteocephalus singularis LaRue, 1911 [U.S.; in Lepisosteus platyrhincus, L. platystomus, L. osseus] SPECIES Proteocephalus sinocyclocheili Nie, 1997:62 [Yunnan; Fuxian Lake, Host Sinocyclocheilus grahami tingi (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus skorikowi (Linstow, 1904) [Caspian Sea; LaRue 1911, in Acipenser stellatus] [=Ichthyotaenia skorikowi Linstow, 1904] SPECIES Proteocephalus soniae de Chambrier, 1994:174 [Paraguay; host Platydoras costatus (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus sophiae de Chambrier, 1994:362 [Brazil; host Paulicea luetkeni (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus stizostethi Hunter & Bangham, 1933 [North America; in Lepomis marcochirus, Micropterus dolomieu, Percina caprodes, Stizostedion spp.] SPECIES Proteocephalus sulcatus (Klaptoca, 1906) [Chad, Sudan; LaRue 1911, in Chrysichthys sp., Clarotes laticeps, Polypterus endlichi] [=Ichthyotaenia sulcatus Klaptoca, 1906] SPECIES Proteocephalus synodontis Woodland, 1925 [Nile River; in Synodontis schall] SPECIES Proteocephalus thymalli (Annenkowa-Khlopina, 1923) [Russia; Gvosdev 1950, in Brachymystax lekok, Thymallus vulgaris] [=Ichthyotaenia thymalli Annenkowa-Khlopina, 1923] SPECIES Proteocephalus torulosus (Batsch, 1786)) [Europe; Nufer 1905, in several species of cyprinid fishes] [=Taenia torulosus Batsch, 1786)] SPECIES Proteocephalus trionychinum (Lonnberg, 1894) [Florida; in Trionyx ferox] SPECIES Proteocephalus tumidocollus Wagner, 1953 [California; in Salmo gairdnerii, Salvelinis fontinalis] SPECIES Proteocephalus variabilis Brooks, 1978:9 [Louisiana; in Natrix cyclopion] SPECIES Proteocephalus vazzolerae Pavanelli & Takemoto, 1995:593 [Brazil; Parana, Parana River, Porto Rico, Host Piaractus mesopotamicus (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus vitellaris Verma, 1928 [India; in Bagarius yarellii] SPECIES Proteocephalus vladimirae de Chambrier, 1999:175 [Paraguay; Central Department, Rio Paraguay, San Antonio, Host Pinirampus pirinampu (Pisces)] SPECIES Proteocephalus wickliffi Hunter & Bangham, 1933 [Lake Erie; in Leucichthys artedi] GENUS Pseudocrepidobothrium Rego & Ivanov, 2001:365 [Type is Crepidobothrium eirasi Rego & de Chambrier 1995] TYPE SPECIES Pseudocrepidobothrium eirasi (Rego & de Chambrier, 1995) [=Crepidobothrium eirasi Rego & de Chambrier, 1995] GENUS Scholzia De Chambrierlain, 2005:737 [Type is Tetrabothrium emarginatum Diesing 1850] TYPE SPECIES Scholzia emarginatum (Diesing, 1850) [=Tetrabothrium emarginatum Diesing, 1850] GENUS Tejidotaenia Freze, 1965:58,415 [1969 p.455] TYPE SPECIES Tejidotaenia appendiculata (Baylis, 1947) [Surinam; in Tupinambis nigropunctatus] [=Proteocephalus appendiculata Baylis, 1947] GENUS Tenuispinosus Feng Wei, 1997:236 [Type is Tenuispinosus siluri] TYPE SPECIES Tenuispinosus siluri Feng Wei, 1997:236 [China; Type; Parasite of Silurus (Pisces), in Chinese] GENUS Thaumasioscolex Caneda-Guzman & de Chambrierlain, 2001:639 [Type is Thaumasioscolex didelphidis] TYPE SPECIES Thaumasioscolex didelphidis Caneda-Guzman & de Chambrierlain, 2001:639 [Mexico; Veracruz, Los Tuxtlas, Parasite of Didelphis marsupialis (Mammalia)] GENUS Travassiella Rego & Pavanelli, 1987:358 [Type is T. avitellina] TYPE SPECIES Travassiella avitellina Rego & Pavanelli, 1987:358 [Brazil; host Paulicea luetkeni (Pisces)] SUBFAMILY Sandonellinae Khalil, 1960 GENUS Sandonella Khalil, 1960:52 TYPE SPECIES Sandonella sandoni (Lynsdale, 1960) [Sudan; in Heterotis niloticus] [=Proteocephalus sandoni Lynsdale, 1960]