Family Diplotriaenidae

                                 Revised 01/13/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

Order Rhabditida

              Suborder  Rhabditina

        Superfamily Diplotriaenoidea

Diplotriaenidae Anderson, 1958

Reported from air sacs of birds with grasshoppers (family Acrididae) as intermediate hosts.  Also reported from snakes.


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References

Anderson, R.C. 1962. On the development, morphology, and experimental transmission of Diplotriaena bargusinica (Filarioidea: Diplotriaenidae). Canadian J. Zool. 49:1175-1186.

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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