[The morphology and biology of the cestode Schistotaenia srivastavai (Cestoda, Amabiliidae)--a new representative of the fauna of the USSR].

In 1979 to 1981 larvae of the cestode Schistotaenia srivastavai (Cestoda, Amabiliidae), a new member of the fauna of the USSR, were first found in 8 species of damselflies (Odonata, Zygoptera) from water bodies of Kustanai (north Kazakhstan) and Tselinograd (central Kazakhstan) Provinces. Adult cestodes were found in the red-necked grebe (Podiceps griseigena). Cysticercoid is described.