Phylum Nematoda
Class
Chromadorea
Subclass
Chromadoria
Order Rhabditida
Superfamily Aproctoidea
Aproctidae Skrjabin et Schikhobalowa, 1945
Filarial nematode parasites of birds.
Birds as definitive hosts, arthropods as intermediate hosts.
Reeferences
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.