Family:
Herpetostrongylidae
Revised
02/27/24
- Chromadorea
- Chromadoria
- Rhabditida
- Rhabditina
- Heligmosomoidea
Herpetostrongylidae
(Skrjabin & Schulz, 1937) Durrete-Desset & Chabaud, 1981
Primarily parasites o pythons and other snakes, Australian
marsupials.
Two Subfamilies:
- Globocephaloidinae - buccal capsule with 6 lips - intestinal parasites of Australian marsupials.
- Herpetostrongylinae - buccal capsule without lips - intestinal parasites of snakes and of marsupials
-
Buccal capsule well-developed;
-
cephalic vesicle present with dorsal esophageal tooth and six lips
(Herpetostrongylinae) or absent with two jaw-like structures
(Globocephaloidinae)
-
bursa of various types;
-
synlophe with left ventral ridges only or with both dorsal and ventral
ridges and axis of orientation with frontal or oblique inclination, or
lacking; careen absent;
- female
didelphic or monodelphic;
-
female
tail with or without spine.
Distribution
Economic Importance:
Hosts:
Intestinal parasites of snakes and some marsupials.
Feeding
Life Cycle:
Damage:
Management:
References:
Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M. and Durette-Desset, M-C. 2014. Order
Strongylida (Railliet and Henry, 1913). In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of
Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De
Gruyter, Berlin
Durette-Desset, M-C., Hugot, J.P., Darlu, P. and Chabaud, A.G. 1999. A
cladistic analysis of the Trichostrongyloidea. Int. Jour. Parasitol. 21:579-587.
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