2.1. Parasite Materials
Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae ) and Qinghai voles (Neodon fuscus ) were trapped in Darlag county (33°43‘ N; 99°38‘ E; altitude at 4068 m) and Jiuzhi county (33°19‘ N; 100°32‘ E; altitude at 3832 m) of Qinghai province, the People’s Republic of China in July 2013. Following ethical approval, all trapped pikas and voles were dissected regarding the enterocoelia, chest and cranial cavities. Many banded cysticerci were collected in the enterocoelia of Plateau pika (Supplementary Fig. S1A and B) and numerous lenticular cysticerci were collected in the enterocoelia and chest of Qinghai vole (Supplementary Fig. S1C and D). After detaching the lesions, the cysticerci were put into 75% (v/v) ethanol for molecular identification.