Family Aproctidae

Rev. 04/08/2025

 

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.


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