Raillietina

Raillietina is a genus of tapeworms that includes helminth parasites of vertebrates, mostly of birds. The genus was named in 1920 in honour of a French veterinarian and helminthologist, Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet. Of the 37 species recorded under the genus, Raillietina demerariensis, R. asiatica, and R. formsana are the only species reported from humans, while the rest are found in birds. R. echinobothrida, R. tetragona, and R. cesticillus are the most important species in terms of prevalence and pathogenicity among wild and domestic birds.

==Species== Some important species include: Raillietina allomyodes Raillietina anatina Raillietina apivori Raillietina australis Raillietina baeri Raillietina beveridgei Raillietina carneostrobilata Raillietina celebensis Raillietina cesticillus Raillietina chiltoni Raillietina clerci Raillietina coturnixi Raillietina crassula Raillietina cyrtus Raillietina demerariensis Raillietina dromaius Raillietina echinobothrida Raillietina friedbergeri Raillietina graeca Raillietina grobbeni Raillietina joyeuxi Raillietina loeweni Raillietina michaelseni Raillietina micracantha Raillietina mitchelli Raillietina melomyos Raillietina moldavica Raillietina multicapsulata Raillietina olicapsulata Raillietina pici Raillietina pintneri Raillietina sonini Raillietina tetragona Raillietina volzi Raillietina weissi