• Common name: Dwarf tapeworm
• Intermediate host: None (Direct)/ Flea or beetle
• Infective Stage: Embryonated egg (Direct)/ Cysticercoid larva (Indirect)
• Mode of Transmission: Ingestion of the embryonated egg (direct) or accidental ingestion of intermediate host containing larva (Indirect)
• Eggs: Oncosphere with two polar thickening which arise 4-8 polar filaments.
