Tetrameres

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Rhabditida
Spirurina
              Habronematoidea
               Tetrameridae
  Tetramerinae

Tetrameres (Diesing, 1835) Creplin, 1846

Type species of the genus: Tetrameres (Tropisurus) paradoxa Diesing, 1835

    Synonyms:

Tropisurus Diesing, 1835

Tropidocerca Diesing, 1851

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Extreme sexual dimorphism: females swollen, males vermiform.

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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

Parasites of the proventriculus of domestic and wild birds

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Life Cycle:

Life cycle indirect; embryonated eggs are passed in the feces and ingested by intermediate arthropod hosts, including cockroach, beetles, weevilsand others.  The juvenile nematodes develop to the infectiv J3 stage in the intermediate host.  They are passed to the definitive host when the arthropod is ingested by the bird

 
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References:

Anderson R.C. 2000. Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Their Development and Transmission. CABI Publishing; Wallingford, UK:

Creplin, F.C.H. 1846. Nachtrage su Gurlt'sVerzeichnissder Thiere, bei welchen Entozoen gefunden worden sind. Arch. Naturgesch, 12:129-160.

Diesing, K. M. 1835. Tropisurus und Thysanosoma, zwey neue gattungen von Binnenwurmen (Entozoen) aus Brasilien. Med. Jahrb. Osterr. St., 7:83-116.

Diesing, K.M. 1851. Systema helminthum. Apud Wilhelmum Braumuller, Vindobonae, 2:vi+l-558.

Mollhagen, T.R. 1991. A study of the parasituic nematode genus Tetrameres. I. The literature 1835-1985. Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University No. 35.

Mollhagen, T.R. 1976. A study on the systematics and hosrs of the parasitic nematode genus Tetramerwes (Habrnematoidea: Tetrameridae). PhD. Dissertaion, Zoology, Texas Tech University.

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 29, 2025.