Review of tapeworms of rodents in the Republic of Buryatia, with emphasis on anoplocephalid cestodes Author Haukisalmi, Voitto Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Unit, Finland Author Henttonen, Heikki Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Unit, Finland Author Hardman, Lotta Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa ,, Finland Author Hardman, Michael Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Unit, Finland Author Laakkonen, Juha Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland Author Murueva, Galina Buryatian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russian Federation Author Niemimaa, Jukka Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Unit, Finland Author Shulunov, Stanislav Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Irkutsk, Russian Federation Author Vapalahti, Olli Haartman Institute, Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland text ZooKeys 2009 2009-04-28 8 8 1 18 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.8.58 07ff55b2-760f-4411-a2bd-3ada508ece01 1313–2970 576440 Rodentolepis sp. Rodentolepis sp. from Cricetulus barabensis was characterized by 22-24 fraternoid hooks. In this respect it resembles Rodentolepis fraterna (Stiles, 1906) (see Genov 1984 ) and R. sinensis (Oldham, 1929) (see Ryzhikov et al. 1978 ), although the hooks of the present species are somewhat longer ( 0.020 -0.032 mm ) than those of R. fraterna . In addition, the scolex of the present cestode is significantly larger ( 0.24-0.26 mm ) than that of R. sinensis , and its eggs are significantly longer ( 0.060 -0.075 mm ) than those of R. fraterna . It is probable that Rodentolepis sp. from Buryatia represents an undescribed, host-specific species of C. barabensis . The high variation in hook length suggests that the material may include more than one species. Zhaltsanova (1992) reported R. straminea (Goeze, 1782) from C. barabensis and Myodes rufocanus from Buryatia , but that identification is dubious, because many forms, including R. fraterna and R. nana (Siebold, 1852) , have been synonymized with R. straminea in the Soviet/Russian literature (see Ryzhikov et al. 1978 ). Voucher specimen: MSB Endo 163 from C. barabensis (Sharaldai) .