ABSTRACT
Taenia Linnaeus 1758 is a genus of tapeworm belonging to the family Taeniidae. The family Taeniidae is a medically important group of tapeworms constituted of the two genera Echinococcus Rudolphi 1801 and Taenia. The classi‘- cation of tapeworms belonging to the family Taeniidae has been controversial because of the paucity of adult phenotypic characters and the great plasticity of larvae developed in various intermediate hosts.
