The Life Cycle of Skrjabinoptera phrynosoma (Ortlepp) Schulz, 1927 (Nematoda: Spiruroidea), a Gastric Nematode of Texas Horned Toads, Phrynosoma cornutum

1 February 1957

journal article
research article
Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology

Vol. 43 (1) , 66-75
https://doi.org/10.2307/3274761

Abstract

The intermediate host of S. phrynosoma, a common stomach nematode of Texas horned toad, P. cornutum, was proved to be the Texas agri-cultural ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus var. molefaciens. The worm can infect only the larval stage of the ant.

Keywords

SPIRUROIDEA

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The Mode of Egg Dispersal in Physaloptera phrynosoma Ortlepp (Nematoda: Spiruroidea), a Gastric Nematode of Texas Horned Toads, Phrynosoma cornutum
Journal of Parasitology, 1955