Cosmocercoides dukae ( Holl, 1928 )

Xue, Xiao-Feng, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2010, Five new species of Anthocoptini from China (Acari: Eriophyidae), Zootaxa 2544, pp. 1-53 : 28

Cosmocercoides dukae ( Holl, 1928)

Site of infection: intestine.

Recruitment: ingestion.

Distribution: Canada: New Brunswick (McAlpine 1997). USA: California ( Lehmann 1965); Illinois (USNPC); Massachusetts ( Rankin 1945); Mississipi basin ( Walton 1929); North Carolina ( Brandt 1936); Oregon ( Lehmann 1965); Texas ( Harwood 1932; Slagle 1966; Hollis 1972; Mayberry et al. 2000); Virginia ( Campbell 1968); Washington ( Lehmann 1965).

Specimens in collections: USNPC: 82018.

Remarks: This species is a common parasite of mollusks; accidentally infects frogs and salamanders ( Vanderburgh & Anderson 1987a, 1987c). In accordance with these authors, many records of this species in amphibian hosts may have been confused with its closely related species C. variabilis .