Development of Tetrapetalonema llewellyni to the Infective Stage in Culicoides hollensis
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 68 (2) , 293-296
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3281189
Abstract
The vector requirements and course of larval development for T. llewllyni Price, 1962, a common filaria of raccoons [Procyon lotor] in Louisiana [USA] are described for the 1st time. Development (from microfilaria to infective stage) took place in the thoracic muscles of the biting midge, C. hollensis (Melander and Brues, 1902) Foote and Pratt, 1954, and required 9 days under laboratory conditions. Species of Culicoides may serve as natural vectors of T. llewellyni.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: