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Classification:

Chromadorea
 Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina
                          Oxyuroidea
                   Oxyuridae
 
  •             Thelandros Wedl, 1862

    • Parasites of herbivorous and omnivorous reptiles.

    Note: Parapharyngodon was considered a synonym of Thelandros by Baylis (1936) but Freitas (1957) reinstated Parapharyngodon to accomodate those species of Thelandros in which males had lateral alae. More recent work by Adamason (1981) indicates that Thelandros (sensu lato as defined by Petter & Quentin, 1976) can be divided into two genera (Parapharyngodon) in carnivorous reptiles and the other (Thelandros) in herbivorous and omnivorous reptiles.  Currently, Parapharyngodon is assigned to the family Pharyngodonidae (Bursey and Goldberg, 2005).

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    References:

    Adamson, M.N. 1981. Parapharyngodon osteopili n.sp. (Pharyngodonidae: Oxyuroidea) and a revision of Parapharyngodon and Thelandros. Systematic Parasitology 2:105-117.

    Baylis, H.A. 1936. Nematoda. 1. Ascaridoidea and Strongvloidea. 1928. Parasitic nematodes. Bulletin du Muskum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 2, 117 130

    Bursey, C.R. and Goldberg, S.R. 2005. Two new species of Pharyngodonidae (Nematoda: Oxyuroidea) and other nematodes in Agama caudaospina (Squamata: Agamidae) from Kenya, Africa.  J. Parsitol. 91:591-599.

    Freitas, J.P.T. de  1957.  Sobre os generos Thelandros Wedl, 1862 e Parapharyngodon Chatterji, 1933, corn descriqao de Parapharyngodon alvarengai sp.n. (Nematoda, Oxyuroidea). Memorias do lnstituto Oswaldo Cruz, 55, 2145.

    Petter, A.J. & Quentin, J.C. 1976). Key to the genera of the Oxyuroidea. CIH Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. No. 4. Anderson, R.C., Chabaud, A.G. & Willmott, S. (Editors). Farnham Royal, Slough, UK: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 30 pp

     

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    Revised: February 21, 2024.