Phylum Nematoda
Class
Chromadorea
Subclass
Chromadoria
Order Rhabditida
Superfamily Diplotriaenoidea
Diplotriaenidae Anderson, 1958
Reported from air sacs of birds with grasshoppers (family Acrididae) as intermediate hosts. Also reported from snakes.
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.