Family Pneumospiruridae

                                 Revised 03/24/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Suborder Spirurina

        Superfamily Thelazioidea

 Pneumospiruridae Wu & Hu, 1938

Lungworm parasites of vertebrates.

• Nematodes localized in the bronchi and bronchioles of their respective hosts (Pence and Stone, 1977).

Lungworms, Vogeloides felis, teased from the parenchyma (arrows) surrounding the bronchioles of a bobcat Photomicrograph from Pence and Stone, 1977

    Go To Dictionary of Terminology 

References

Pence, D.R. and Stone, J.E. 1977.  Lungworms (Nematoda: Pneumospiruridae) from West Texas carnivores. J. Parasitol. 63:979-991.

Reichard, M.V., DL Caudell, A Alan Kocan - Comparative parasitology, 2004 Survey of helminth lung parasites of bobcats (Lynx rufus) from Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Virginia, USA. Comparative Parasitology 71:88-91

Wu, H.W. and Hu, T.P. 1938. Parasitic nematodes of Hainan. Sinensia 9:275-610.

Return to Pneumospiruridae Menu

Return to Rhabditida Menu

 Want more information about nematodes? Go to Nemaplex Main Menu.