THE FIRST RECORD OF RHABDITIS (PELODERA) ORBITALIS (NEMATODA, RHABDITIDAE), A LARVAL PARASITE IN THE EYES OF THE RODENT CHIONOMYS NIVALIS ON THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

Authors
CASANOVA JC ARRIZABALAGA A SPAKULOVA M MORAND S
Citation
Jc. Casanova et al., THE FIRST RECORD OF RHABDITIS (PELODERA) ORBITALIS (NEMATODA, RHABDITIDAE), A LARVAL PARASITE IN THE EYES OF THE RODENT CHIONOMYS NIVALIS ON THE IBERIAN PENINSULA, Helminthologia, 33(4), 1996, pp. 227-229
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology,Zoology
Journal title
Helminthologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
04406605
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
227 - 229
Database
ISI
SICI code
0440-6605(1996)33:4<227:TFROR(>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The third-stage larvae of Rhabditis (Pelodera) orbitalis Sudhaus et Sc hulte, 1986 (Nematoda: R h a b d i t i d a e) were found prasitizing e ye orbit of Chionomys nivalis Martins, 1842 (Rodentia: A r v i c o l i d a e) in Spain. This is the first report of the R. (P.) orbitalis oc currence on the Iberian Peninsula and of the rodent C. nivalis as its host species in the North Hemisphere.