Family Physalopteridae

Revised 10/15/22

• A family of nematode parasites of fish, lizards and snakes with insects as intermediate hosts.

References

Bursey, C,R. and Brooks, D.R. 2011. Nematode parasites of Costa Rican snakes (Serpentes) with description of a new species of Abbreviata (Physalopteridae). Comparative Parasitology 78:333–358.

Ogden, C.G. 1969. A revision of the genus Heliconema Travassos, 1919, Physalopteridae (Nematoda). Journal of Natural History, 3:423-431.

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