Family Protrelloididae

                                 Revised 06/01/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

                  Protrelloididae Chitwood, 1932

•  A family of nematodes that are intestinal parasites of cockroaches.  Apparently found only in cockroaches.
• Reported from North America, South America, India, Madagascar, and Australia.

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References

Adamson, M., and van Waerebeke., D. 1992. Revision of the Thelastomatoidea, Oxyurida of invertebrate hosts, II: Travassosinematidae, Protrelloididae, and Pseudonymidae. Systematic Parasitology 21:169-188. doi: 10.1007/ BF00009698

Weaver, H.J. 2024. Oxyurida (Order): Pinworms. Chapter 52 in  S. L. Gardner and S. A. Gardner, eds. Concepts in Animal Parasitology. Zea Books, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. doi:10.32873/unl.dc.ciap052

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