Hymenolepididae

Hymenolepididae is a family of cyclophyllid tapeworms with three testes per proglottid.

Examples include:

Hymenolepis nana, which infects mammals like rodents and humans and is carried by beetles

Hymenolepis diminuta, which has slightly bigger eggs and proglottids than H. nana and infects mammals using insects as intermediate hosts.

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