Pelecitus helicinus Railliet & Henry, 1910 (Filarioidea, Dirofilariinae) and Other Nematode Parasites of Brazilian Birds

Abstract

We report Pelecitus helicinus Railliet & Henry, 1910

Analysis of Brazilian species of Pelecitus Railliet & Henry (Nematoda, Filarioidea) with the establishment of new records

“…Remark: Pelecitus helicinus is widely distributed; other hosts and localities were previously referred by BARTLETT & GREINER (1986), PINTO et al (1993, ONIKI et al (2002).…”

“…Recently, ONIKI et al (2002) stated that in many South American countries, except for the Brazilian studies, the knowledge of the biodiversity in Neotropical birds is poor and that data on parasite distribution, prevalence and life cycles lack for common species.…”

Apparent Prevalence, Diversity, and Associated Lesions of Periorbital Nematodes in a Population of Barred Owls (Strix Varia) From Northern California, Usa

“…Aprocta spp. have been reported in a variety of avian taxa from many continents including reports in psittacine, piciform, cuculiform, and galliform birds from South America (Freitas and Machado de Mendonc ¸a 1952; Machado de Mendonc ¸a 1961; de Oliveira Rodrigues and Sodre Rodrigues 1980; Pinto et al 1997;Oniki et al 2002;Tantalea ´n and Chavez 2004); in multiple passerine species in Africa (Quentin et al 1976) and Asia (Makarenko 1959); and passerine birds including multiple corvid species in Europe (Skrjabin 1934;Manfredi et al 1992;Beckmann et al 2014). Aprocta nematodes also have been reported in several owl species in China, including Scops owls (Otus scops and Otus sunia), Little Owls (Athene noctua), and Eurasian Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo; Zhang et al 2008Zhang et al , 2012.…”

Human Intraocular Filariasis Caused byPelecitussp. Nematode, Brazil

“…has been reported ( 13 , 14 ), information on this taxon is scant. Many nematode species have not been identified because of lack of basic information on filarial fauna of animals.…”