Family Diplotriaenidae

Rev. 09/27/2021

 

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.


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