Family Aproctidae

                                 Revised 01/11/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea
    Subclass Chromadoria

     Order Rhabditida

Suborder Spirurina

        Superfamily Aproctoidea

Aproctidae Skrjabin et Schikhobalowa, 1945

Filarial nematode parasites of birds.

Birds as definitive hosts, arthropods as intermediate hosts.


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References

Saparov, K., F Akramova, D Azimov, Golovanov, V., Kuchboev, A. 2013. Biodiversity of filariae (Nematoda: Filariata), parasites of birds in Uzbekistan. Turkish Journal of Zoology 37: 746-752.

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