''Plotnikovia'' is a
Zoological name in need of resolution.
It may be:
* A
monotypic genus of central Asian
grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshopp ...
s in the subfamily
Conophyminae; described by Umnov in 1930 and containing the species ''
Plotnikovia lanigera''.
* It has also been described as a genus of marine worms in the
Opisthorchiidae
Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.
The most medically important species in the family Opisthorchiidae are ''Clonorchis sinensis'', ''Opisthorchis viverrini'', and '' Opisthorchis ...
; described by Skrjabin in 1945 and containing the species ''
Plotnikovia fodiens''.
WoRMS
''Plotnikovia fodiens'' (Linton, 1928) Yamaguti, 1958 (retrieved 24 September 2021)
They cannot both be right.
References
{{Genus disambiguation