Family Seuratidae

Revised 10/25/21

Nematoda
Chromadorea
    Rhabditida
     Spirurina
       Seuratoidea
Seuratidae (Hall, 1916) Railliet, 1906
 

A family of nematode parasites with genera described from a range of host species, including geckos, lizards, , marsupials, birds, freshwater fish, ants and worker bees. All known species of the family are heteroxenous, that is, requiring more than one host to complete the life cycle. The nematodes develop to the adult stage in the digestive tract of vertebrates.
                
         

References

Poinar, G. 2012. .Nematode parasites and associates of ants: past and present. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Article 192017.

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