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Classification:

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

  Rhabditina

   Trichostronglyloidea

    Cooperiidae

Impalaia Monnig, 1923

Type species of the genus: Impalaia tuberculata Monnig, 1923

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Synlophe of longitudinal ridges.

Females:

• Monodelphic

Males:

• Bursal rays distribution characteristic of species
• Morphology and size of bursal rays, gubernaculum and spicules are species charcaters

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Distribution:

Described from antelopes in southern Africa and from camels in north Africa

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Economic Importance:

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Hosts:

Intestinal parasites of antelope and camels.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Impalaia

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

 Albrechtova, M., Langrova, I., Vadlech, J., Spakulova, M. 2020. A revised checklist of nematodes (Trichostrogyloidea), common parasites of wild and domestic ruminants. Helminthologia 57: 280-287.

 Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M.  and Durette-Desset, M-C. 2014. Order Strongylida (Railliet and Henry, 1913). In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin

Gibbons, L.M., Durette-Desset, M-C. and Daynes, P. 1977. A review of the genus Impalaia Monnig, 1923 (Nematoda : Trichostrongyloidea). Annales de Parasitologie (Paris), 52:435-446.

Monnig, H.O. 1923. On some new South African parasitic nematodes. Trans. R. Soc. S. Africa, 2:105-117.

Monnig, H.O. 1931. Wild antelopes as carriers of nematode parasites of domestic ruminants. Part I. 17th Report of the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry. Union of South Africa, 233-254.

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