Larval form of the genus Thubunaea Seurat, 1914 from the body cavity of an insect, Supella sp., at Meerut (U.P.), India
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The present communication deals with a larval nematode belonging to the genus Thubunaea Seurat, 1914, from the body cavity of an insect, Supella sp., at Meerut, U.P. Both encysted and free larval stages were recovered. Morphology of the larvae is described in detail.
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Thubunaea, Supella, Larval nematode
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Basir, M.A.(1948). On a larval nematode from an insect with a note on the genera Thubunaea Seurat, 1914 and Physalopteroides Wu and Liu, 1940. The Journal of Parasitology, 301-305.
Baylis, H.A. (1930). A third species of the nematode genus Thubunaea. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10. 5: 246-249.
Davies, R.G. (1977). Imms General Textbook of Entomology, Champam and Hall, NewYork.
Goldberg, S.R., Bursey, C.R. and Beaman, K.R. (2002).Gastrointestinal nematodes of the Isla Cerralvo Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus grandaevus (Phrynosomatidae) from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Mexico Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences), December 2002.
Goldberg, S.R., Bursey, C.R. and Camarillo-Rangel, J.L. (2003). Gastrointestinal helminths of seven species of Sceloporine lizards from Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 48: 208-217.
Goldberg, S.R. and Bursey, C.R. (2009). Helminths from seven species of Microlophus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from Peru Salamandra 45: 125-128.
Goldberg, S.R. and Bursey, C.R. (2010). Helminths from Eight Species of African Skinks (Trachylepis: Scincidae). Comparative Parasitology 77: 236-241.
Imms, A.D. (1960). A general text book of entomology, Methuen, London.
José Pérez, Z., Balta, K., Salizar, P. and Sánchez, L. (2007). Nematofauna of three species of lizards (Sauria: Tropiduridae and Gekkonidae) from National Reserve Paracas, Ica, Peru. Rev. peru. biol. 14: 43- 045.
Karve, J.N. (1938). Some nematode parasites of lizards. Livro Jubilar Travassos, 251-258.
Malan, J.R. (1939). Some helminths of South African lizards. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and An. Indust., 12: 21-74.
Sandground, J.H. (1933). Reports on the Scientific Results of an Expedition to the South-western Highlands of Tanganayika Territory. VI. Parasitic nematodes from East Africa and Southern Rhodesia. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 75: 263-293.
Seurat, L.G. (1914). Sur un nouveau nematode parasite des reptiles. C.R. Soc. Biol., 76 (Pt.1): 724-727.
Wu, H.W. and Liu, C.K. (1940). Helminthologic notes, II. Sinensia 11: 397.
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Larval form of the genus Thubunaea Seurat, 1914 from the body cavity of an insect, Supella sp., at Meerut (U.P.), India. (2011). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 3(1), 54-57. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v3i1.153
