Onchocercidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Filarioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Rhabditida Subordo: Spirurina Infraordo: Spiruromorpha Superfamilia: Filarioidea

Familia: Onchocercidae
Genera: Acanthocheilonema – Ackertia – Agamofilaria – Andersonfilaria – Aproctella – Aproctiana – Aproctoides – Avifilaris – Befilaria – Bisbalia – Bostrichodera – Breinlia – Brugia – Cardianema – Cardiofilaria – Cercopithifilaria – Chabfilaria – Chandlerella – Cherylia – Chiropterofilaria – Conispiculum – Courduriella – Cruorifilaria – Cutifilaria – Cystofilaria – Deralophoronema – Dessetfilaria – Dipetalonema – Dirofilaria – Dirofilariaeformia – Dunnifilaria – Edesonfilaria – Elaeophora – Eufilaria – Eulimdana – Filaria – Filarissima – Foleyella – Foleyellides – Fuscicorpa – Gonofilaria – Heimnema – Icosiella – Josefilaria – Lemdana – Litomosa – Litomosoides – Loa – Loaina – Loxodontofilaria – Macacanema – Macdonaldius – Madathamugadia – Madochotera – Malayfilaria – Mansonella – Meningonema – Micipsella – Microfilaria – Migonella – Molossinema – Monanema – Ochoterenella – Onchocerca – Onchocercella – Oswaldofilaria – Papillosetaria – Paramadochotera – Paraochoterenella – Paraprocta – Paronchocerca – Paroncocerca – Paulianfilaria – Pelecitus – Piratuba – Piratuboides – Protofilaria – Pseudlemdana – Pseudolitomosa – Pseudothamugadia – Rumenfilaria – Sandnema – Sarconema – Saurositus – Serofilaria – Setaria – Skrjabinodera – Skrjabinofilaria – Solafilaria – Splendidofilaria – Sprattia – Sprattianema – Strianema – Striatofilaria – Tawila – Thamugadia – Waltonella – Wuchereria – Yatesia

Name

Onchocercidae Leiper, 1911

Type genus: Onchocerca Diesing, 1841

Synonyms

Dipetalonematidae Wehr, 1935
Oswaldofilariidae Chabaud & Choquet, 1953

References

Primary references

Chabaud, A.G. & Anderson, R.C. 1959. Nouvel essai de classification des Filaires (superfamille Filarioidea). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 34(1–2): 64–87. DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1959341064 PDF. Reference page.

Additional references

Romero-Mayén, A.R. & León-Règagnon, V. 2016. A new species of Foleyellides (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) parasite of Lithobates spp. (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Mexico with a key for the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4170(3): 581–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.3.10. Reference page.

Links

Onchocercidae – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

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