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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Rhabditida

Spirurina

              Procyrneatoidea

               Habronematidae

Procyrnea Chabaud, 1958

The number of species in the genus has grown enormously since it was erected. Originally it was proposed as a subgenus of Cyrnea by Chabaud (1958) and later elevated to genus by Chabaud (1975).

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Most species of the genus Procyrnea have cuticular ala that start behimd the cervical papillae and extend through the anterior half of the body; they do not occur in the posterior region.

The subgenus and then genus Procyrnea included species having the lateral teeth inserted near the anterior border of the pseudolabia and the deirids located anteriorly to the nerve ring. Also, the species of Procyrnea have cloacal papillae arranged as four pairs of pedunculate preanal papillae, a single preanal papilla, two pairs of pedunculate postanal papillae and a terminal group composed of four pairs of sessile papillae and a pair of phasmids (Chabaud, 1958, Bagnato et al., 2018).

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

All known species are parasites of birds

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References:

Bagnato, E., Frixione, M., Digiani, M.C., Cremonte, F. 2018. A new species of Procyrnea (Nematoda: Habronematidae) parasitic in Rhea pennata (Aves: Rheidae) from Patagonia, Argentina, with a key to species of the genus. J. Helminthol. 92:504-513.

Chabaud, A.G. 1958. Essai de classification des nématodes Habronematinae. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 33, 445-508.

Chabaud, A.G., 1975.  No. 3. Keys to genera of the Order Spirurida. Part 2. Spiruroidea, Habronematoidea and Acuarioidea. pp. 29-58 in Anderson, R.C., Chabaud, A. G. & Willmott, S. (Eds) CIH keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. Farnham Royal, Wallingford, UK, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau

Cid del Prado Vera, I., Maggenti, A.R., Van Riper III, C. 1985. New species of Spiruridae (Nemata: Spirurida) from endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers (Passeriformes: Drepanididae), the Japanese white-eye (Passeriformes: Zosteropidae) and a new species of Acuariidae (Nemata: Spirurida) from Japanese white-eye collected on the island of Hawaii. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash. 52:247-259.

Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 20, 2024.