Cestode Parasites (Platyhelminthes) of Rodents from New Guinea and Adjacent Islands with a Redescription of Paroniella blanchardi (Parona, 1897) (Davaineidae) Author Beveridge, Ian Author Smales, Lesley R. text Records of the Australian Museum 2017 Rec. Aust. Mus. 2017-11-22 69 6 451 460 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1667 journal article 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1667 2201-4349 4677104 0D2DD23D-8B0D-42E6-A7BF-33FBE10255C9 Dilepididae Railliet & Henry, 1909 Material examined . From : Rattus niobe Thomas, 1906 ( eastern New Guinea mountain rat): Ofekaman–Telefonin Area , West Sepik Province , 5°05'S 141°35'E (W48813) ; S of Tifalin , West Sepik Province , 5°07'S 141°25'E (W48816) ; hill south of Tifalmin , West Sepik Province , 5°07'S 141°25'E (W48818, W23795) . Description Cestodes with an eversible rostellum bearing two circles Of 32 hOOks; antEriOr hOOks 35 µm lOng, pOstEriOr rOW 45 µm lOng; rOstEllar sac 0.22 mm lOng. MaturE prOglOttidEs craspedote, c. 20 testes anterior to female genital complex; eggs in individual capsules; no other features discernible. Remarks . Due to the lack of morphological features visible in WhOlE mOunts, thEsE cEstOdEs cOuld nOt bE idEntifiEd tO generic level. They are recorded here as the specimens may be of use in further studies of the cestodes of rodents from New Guinea .