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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina

                          Oxyuroidea

                   Oxyuridae

 

            Lemuricola Chabaud & Petter, 1959

Type species of the genus: Lemuricola lemuris (Baer, 1935) Chabaud & Petter, 1959

Pinworm parasites of lemurs

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Species of Lemuricola can be separated into two groups depending on the presence or absence of a tail tip, which may be 20-70% or more of the tail lenght,  in males

• Buccal cavity with lips and three teeth
• Lateral alae present
• Esophagus terminating in a bulb

Female:

• amphifddelphic
• vulva about mid-body
• ovaries filling most of body

Male:

• single spicule
• caudal bursa present.

Ref: Hogot et AL., 1995

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Distribution:

Most species of Lemuricola have been describe from lemurs from Madabascar

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Intestinal parasites of lemurs and other primates

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Baer J.G.S. 1935. Etudes de quelques helminthes de Lemuriens. Revue Suisse de Zodogie 42: 275-292.

Chabaud A. G. and Petter A. J. 1959. Les Nematodes parasites de Lemuriens Malgaches. II. Un nouvel Oxyure: Lemuricola contagiosus. Memoirs de l'Institut Scientifique  de Madagascar Serie A 13:127-132.

Hugot, J.P., Morand, S., Gardner, S.L. 1995. Morphology and morphometrics ot three oxyurids parasitic in primates with a description of Lemuricola microcebi, n.sp. International J. Parasitol. 25:1065-1075.

Petter, A.J. and 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 25, 2025.