Rev 10/04/2024
Phylum: Nematoda Class: Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Order: Rhabditida
Superfamily: Strongyloidea
Family: Deletrocephalidae
Deletrocephalus Diesing, 1851
Type species of the genus Deletrocephalus dimidiatus Diesing, 1851
Synonyms:
Quasistrongylus
Ref: Ederli and Oliviera, 2017
Males:
Females:
Intestinal parasites of birds: Rhea species.
Deletrocephalus dimidiatus, D. cesarpintoi and Paradeletrocephalus minor are parasites of the gastrointestinal tract of the rhea, Rhea americana. Only D. dimidiatus has been reported to be a parasite of the other rhea species, Darwin's rhea, R. pennata (Ederli and Oliviera, 2017)
Rhea sp.
Intestinal parasites
Diesing C.M. 1851. Systema Helminthum . Vol. 2 . Vindobonae. Vienna, Austria , Wilhelmum Braumüller
Ederli, N.N., Oliviera, F.C.R. 2017. Morphology of the nematode Deletrocephalus dimidiatus Diesing, 1851 from the rhea, Rhea americana Linnaeus, 1758, together with a key to species of Deletrocephalinae. J.Helminthology 91:244-254.
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