MCALLISTER C. T., BURSEY C. R. 2003. Orthoskrjabinia rostellata (Cestoidea: Dilepididae), from the brown-headed nuthatch, sitta pusilla (Passeriformes: Sittidae), from Northeastern Texas. The Texas journal of science, (55)2: 189-191.
Abstract:
The dilepidid tapeworm, Anonchotaenia rostellata (Rodgers 1941) was described from 13 specimens taken from the small intestine of a northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) collected at Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, in the spring of 1940 (Rodgers 1941). In 1948, A. rostellaza was transferred to the genus Orthoskrjabinia and is the only North American representative of that genus (see Schmidt 1986). To the authors' knowledge, Rodgers (1941) is the only report of this tapeworm.
This study reports the results of an examination of two brown-headed nuthatches, Sitta pusilla Latham and C. cardinalis.
