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Classification:

Phylum:  Nematoda
Class:    Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Order:    Rhabditida 

Superfamily:  Strongyloidea

Family:  Deletrocephalidae

Paradeletrocephalus Freitas & Lent, 1947

Type species of the genus Paradeletrocephalus minor (Molin, 1861) Freitas & Lent, 1947

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Differs from Deletrocephalus in buccal capsule stucture, dorsal ray of male copulatory bursa and length of vagina in female.
• Buccal capsule with longitudinal striations; nine ridges at base of capsusle that are not attached to the wall
• Esophagus short
• Genus described without clear details of many of the characters.

Ref: Ederli and Oliviera, 2017

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Distribution:

Intestinal parasites of birds:  Rhea species.

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Economic Importance:

Paradeletrocephalus minor are parasites of the gastrointestinal tract of the rhea, Rhea americana.  (Ederli and Oliviera, 2017)

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Hosts:

Rhea sp.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Paradeletrocephalus

Intestinal parasites of birds

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Acomolli, J., Ocayo, D., Cruz, A.C.S., Milano, F. & Roux, J.P. (2006) Aspectos morfologicos de Paradeletrocephalus minor (Molin, 1861) Freitas & Lent, 1947, em nandu (Rhea americana), por modio de microscopio de luz y microscopio eletronico de barrido. Parasitologia Latinoamericana 61:183-187.

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.

Freitas, J.F.T. and Lent, H. 1947. Revisio da subfamilia Deletrocephalinae Railliet, 1916 (Nematoda, Strongyloidea). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 7: 73-100

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