Morphology, homogonic development, and lack of a free-living generation in Strongyloides robustus (Nematoda, Rhabditoidea), a parasite of North American sciurids

• Main Author: Bartlett, C. M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Subjects: Strongyloides robustus; nematode; taxonomy; morphology; homogonic development; free-living generation; sciurids; red squirrels; Breton Island; Canada; Chandler; Tadpole
• Online Access: https://kramerius.lib.cas.cz/view/uuid:2e773446-86fb-4295-996e-b438b8b1cbc3

Adult females of Strongyloides robustus Chandler, 1942, a parasite of sciurids in North America, were found in the duodenal mucosa of 30 of 32 red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben)) collected in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The parasitic female is illustrated and redescribed;...